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ID: 300007631
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300007631

 

Record Type: concept
fire altars (freestanding altars, altars (religious fixtures), ... Components (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Open-air structures, usually with stepped bases, constructed for the maintenance and worship of the sacred fire in Zoroastrianism and like religions. For buildings constructed for similar purposes, use "fire temples."
 
Terms:
fire altars (preferred,C,U,American English-P,D,U,PN)
fire altar (C,U,American English,AD,U,SN)
altars, fire (C,U,American English,UF,U,N)
fire-altars (C,U,British English,UF,U,N)
火壇 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
爐壇 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
huǒ tán (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
huo tan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
huo t'an (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
vuuraltaren (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
vuuraltaar (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
Feueraltäre (C,U,German,D,PN)
Feueraltar (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
altares de fuego (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
altar de fuego (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Components (hierarchy name)
.... Components (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of components (objects parts)
........ components (objects parts) (G)
Hierarchy of <components by specific context>
............ <components by specific context> (G)
Hierarchy of architectural elements
................ architectural elements (G)
Hierarchy of <architectural elements by building type>
.................... <architectural elements by building type> (G)
Hierarchy of religious building fixtures
........................ religious building fixtures (G)
Hierarchy of <altars and altar components>
............................ <altars and altar components> (G)
Hierarchy of altars (religious fixtures)
................................ altars (religious fixtures) (G)
Hierarchy of freestanding altars
.................................... freestanding altars (G)
Hierarchy of fire altars
........................................ fire altars (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 瑣羅亞斯德教或相近宗教中,為崇拜並延續聖火燃燒而建的露天結構物,通常具有階梯式臺座。其他用途類似的建築則可稱為「火神廟」。 
Dutch ..... Wordt gebruikt voor bouwwerken in de open lucht, meestal met een voetstuk met trappen, die werden gebouwd voor het onderhouden en vereren van het heilige vuur in de leer van Zarathoestra en soortgelijke godsdiensten. 
German ..... Bauwerk unter freiem Himmel, meist mit einem gestuften Unterbau, das für die Aufrechterhaltung und die Verehrung des heiligen Feuers im Zoroastrismus und ähnlichen Religionen errichtet wurde. Für ein Gebäude, das für einen vergleichbaren Zweck errichtet wurde, ist "Feuertempel" zu verwenden. 
Spanish ..... Estructura al aire libre, generalmente con una base escalonada para el mantenimiento y culto del fuego sagrado, propia del zoroastrismo y de religiones semejantes. Para edificios construidos con propósitos similares, use "templo de fuego". 

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  fire temples
..................................  (<temples by function>, temples (buildings), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300007611]

Sources and Contributors:
火壇............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
爐壇............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...........  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
altar de fuego............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.............................  TAA database (2000-)
altares de fuego............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.............................  Comité, Plural del término en singular
altars, fire............  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Feueraltar............  [IfM-SMB-PK Preferred]
.......................  DWDS - Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [online] (2008-) http://www.dwds.de/?qu=Feueraltar
.......................  Höllmann, Das alte China (2008) 257
.......................  Sohn, Die Medizin des Zādsparam (1996) 51
Feueraltäre............  [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......................  AAT-Deutsch (2012-)
fire altar............  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
fire altars............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Frankfort, Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (1970) 370
.......................  Harris, Historic Architecture Sourcebook (1977)
.......................  Kostof, Castillo, and Tobias, History of Architecture (1995) 224
.......................  Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1901)
fire-altars............  [VP]
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
huo tan............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
huo t'an............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
huǒ tán............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
vuuraltaar............  [AAT-Ned]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
vuuraltaren............  [AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Subject: .....  [AAT-Ned, AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, IfM-SMB-PK, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
German .......... [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......... IfM Berlin
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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