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Other structures include the ruins of the Great Palace of Constantinople, the innovative walls of Constantinople (with 192 towers) and Basilica Cistern (with hundreds of recycled classical columns).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Atre struttue comprendan e roiñe do Gran Palaçio de Constantinòpoli, e inneuvative miage de Constantinòpoli (con 192 tore) e a giusterna da baxilica (con çentanæa de chinòlle clasciche reçiclæ).
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The Paleologan period is well represented in a dozen former churches in Istanbul, notably St Saviour at Chora and St Mary Pammakaristos.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O periodo di Paleòloghi o l'é ben representou inte unna dozzeña de antighe gexe à Istanbul, da nottâ St. Saviour à Chora e St. Mary Pammakaristos.
What’s the Genoese translation of this sentence?
The Church of the Holy Apostles (Thessaloniki) is cited as an archetypal structure of the late period with its exterior walls intricately decorated with complex brickwork patterns or with glazed ceramics.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A gexa di Santi Apòstoli (Thessaloniki) a l'é mensunnâ comme struttua archetipa do tardio periodo co-e seu miage indefeua aggibbæ à intrighi con di complesci modelli de muadua de moin ò porçellañe smätæ.
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At Saint Sergius, Constantinople, and San Vitale, Ravenna, churches of the central type, the space under the dome was enlarged by having apsidal additions made to the octagon.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
À San Sergius, Constantinòpoli, e San Vitale, Ravenna, gexe do tipo çentrale, o spaçio sotta a cupoa o l'ea inlarghio da l'avei de azzonte abscidæ fæte à ottagono.
Translate this sentence to Ligurian:
This unbroken area, about 260 ft (80 m) long, the larger part of which is over 100 ft (30 m) wide, is entirely covered by a system of domical surfaces.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
St'area intatta, longa 260 ft (80 m) pöcassæ, da quæ a ciù grande banda a passa 100 ft (30 m) de larghixe, a l'é coverta do tutto da un scistema de superfiçie domicæ.
Translate from English to Genoese:
Sometimes the central space was square, sometimes octagonal, or at least there were eight piers supporting the dome instead of four, and the nave and transepts were narrower in proportion.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
De vòtte o spaçio çentrale o l'ea quaddro, de vòtte ottagonâ, ò donca a-o manco gh'ea eutto pillastræ ch'arrezeivan a cupoa in cangio de quattro, e a navâ e i transetti ean ciù streiti in proporçion.
What’s the Genoese translation of this sentence?
Still in front put a square court.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Ancon pe contra mette unna corte quaddrata.
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Directly under the center of the dome is the ambo, from which the Scriptures were proclaimed, and beneath the ambo at floor level was the place for the choir of singers.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Pe drito sotta o çentro da cupoa gh'é l'ambo, da-o quæ e Scritue vegnivan proclamæ, e ciù in basso de l'ambo a-o livello de l'astrego gh'ea o spaçio pe-o cöo di cantoî.
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Rows of rising seats around the curve of the apse with the patriarch's throne at the middle eastern point formed the synthronon.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Righinagge de setti che monta d'in gio à l'ingombatua de l'abscide co-o tröno do patriarca a-o ponto mediorientâ formavan o synthronon.
What’s the Ligurian translation of this sentence?
The domes and vaults to the exterior were covered with lead or with tiling of the Roman variety.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
E cupoe e i vòrti à l'indefeua ean coverti de ciongio ò de embrexi de varietæ romaña.
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There are considerable Byzantine influences which can be detected in the distinctive early Islamic monuments in Syria (709–715).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Gh'é de conscidereive influense besantiñe che se peu descreuve inti primmi caratteristichi monumenti islamichi da Siria (709-715)
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Bricks 70 cm x 35 cm x 5 cm were used, and these bricks were glued together using mortar approximately 5 cm thick.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Vegniva deuviou di moin de 70 cm × 35 cm × 5 cm, e sti moin chì coscì vegnivan incollæ insemme con deuviâ da cäçiña drua pöcassæ 5 cm.
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Perhaps the most definite feature of the Hagia Irene is the strict contrast between the interior and exterior design.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Fòscia a ciù definia caratteristica da Hagia Irene o l'é o streito contrasto tra o progetto de drento e quello de feua.
Translate from English to Ligurian:
The construction of the final version of the Hagia Sophia, which still stands today, was overseen by Emperor Justinian.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A construçion da verscion finâ da Hagia Sophia, ch'a l'é in pê ancon oua, a l'ea stæta supervixonâ da l'Imperou Giustinian.
Translate from English to Genoese:
Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was particularly popular in Europe from the late 12th century to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
L'architettua gòtica (ò architettua appissua) o l'é un stile architettuâ ch'o l'ea do bello popolâ inte l'Euröpa da-o tardio secolo XII a-o secolo XVI, inte l'Erta e Tardia Etæ de Mezo, sorvevisciuo inti secoli XVII e XVIII inte quarche area.
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The primary engineering innovation and one of the other characteristic design components is the flying buttress.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A primmäia inneuvaçion de inzegnaia e un di atri componenti caratteristichi do disegno o l'é l'arrembo chi xeua.
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
However, there is no evidence to indicate that there was a connection between Armenian architecture and the development of the Gothic style in Western Europe.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Tutte e mainee, no gh'é de evidensa ch'a mostre che gh'ea unna connescion tra l'architettua armeña e o desgheuggise do stile gòtico inte l'Euröpa Oçidentâ.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
Thus the Gothic style, being in opposition to classical architecture, from that point of view was associated with the destruction of advancement and sophistication.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Coscì o stile gòtico, con ëse in oppoxiçion à l'architettua clascica, da quello ponto de vista o l'ea assoçiou co-a destruçion do progresso e da sofisticaçion.
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The term ‘Saracen’ was still in use in the 18th century and it typically referred to all Muslim conquerors, including the Moors and Arabs.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O termine «Sæxin» o l'ea ancon in deuvio do secolo XVIII e o l'ea pe commun refeio à tutti i conquistatoî mosulmoen, compreixi i möi e i arabi.
Translate from English to Genoese:
His aversion of the style was so strong that he refused to put a Gothic roof on the new St. Paul's, despite being pressured to do so.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A seu avverscion a-o stile a l'ea mai tanto de quello fòrte che o s'é refuou de mette un teito gòtico in sce quello do neuvo St. Paul, sciben che ô sponciavan à fâlo.
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Several authors have taken a stance against this allegation, claiming that the Gothic style had most likely filtered into Europe in other ways, for example through Spain or Sicily.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Pe coscì de autoî an piggiou poxiçion contra sta alligaçion chì, con proclamâ che o stile gòtico o l'ea ciù de lengê travenou inte l'Euröpa inte de atre mainee, pe exempio traverso a Spagna ò a Çiçilia.
Translate from English to Genoese:
It was also influenced by theological doctrines which called for more light and by technical improvements in vaults and buttresses that allowed much greater height and larger windows.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O l'ea influensou ascì da de dottriñe teològiche che domandavan ciù luxe e da de preuve tecniche inti vòrti e i arrembi, che consentivan unna ertixe do bello ciù grande e di barcoin ciù larghi.
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
Rib-vaults were employed in some parts of the cathedral at Durham (1093–) and in Lessay Abbey in Normandy (1098).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
I vòrti à çentiña en stæti deuviæ inte quarche banda da catedrale à Durham (1093-) e inte l'Abbaçia de Lessay in Normandia (1098).
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The Duchy of Normandy, part of the Angevin Empire until the 13th century, developed its own version of Gothic.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O Ducato de Normandia, parte de l'Impëio Angioin scin a-o secolo XIII, o l'à desgheuggeito a seu pròpia verscion do gòtico.
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Coutances Cathedral was remade into Gothic beginning about 1220.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O dòmmo de Coutances o l'ea stæto fæto torna into gòtico à comensâ pöcassæ da-o 1220.
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Suger reconstructed portions of the old Romanesque church with the rib vault in order to remove walls and to make more space for windows.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O Suger o l'ò tiou sciù torna de porçioin da vegia gexa romanica co-o vòrto à çentiña tanto da levâ e miage e fâ ciù spaçio pe-i barcoin.
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In addition, he installed a circular rose window over the portal on the facade.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
In azzonta, o l'à installou un barcon riondo à roson sovia o portâ in sciâ facciata.
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Durham Cathedral was the first cathedral to employ a rib vault, built between 1093 and 1104.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A catedrale de Durham a l'é stæta a primma catedrale à deuviâ un vòrto à çentiña, stæto tiou sciù tra o 1093 e o 1104.
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One of the builders who is believed to have worked on Sens Cathedral, William of Sens, later travelled to England and became the architect who, between 1175 and 1180, reconstructed the choir of Canterbury Cathedral in the new Gothic style.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Un di construtoî che se credde ch'o l'agge travaggiou a-a Catedrale de Sens, Ghiggermo de Sens, ciù tardi o l'é anæto in Inghiltæra e o l'é vegnuo à ëse l'architetto che, tra o 1175 e o 1180, o l'à tiou sciù torna o cöo da Catedrale de Canterbury into neuvo stile gòtico.
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French Gothic churches were heavily influenced both by the ambulatory and side-chapels around the choir at Saint-Denis, and by the paired towers and triple doors on the western façade.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
E gexe gòtiche franseixi ean pesoñamente influensæ segge da l'ambulatöio segge da-e cappelle de scianco, d'in gio a-o cöo de Saint-Denis e da-e dogge tore e e tregge pòrte in sciâ facciata de ponente.
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The builders of Notre-Dame went further by introducing the flying buttress, heavy columns of support outside the walls connected by arches to the upper walls.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
I construtoî de Notre-Dame en anæti ciù in là con introdue l'arrembo chi xeua, chinòlle pesoñe de sostëgno feua de miage in connescion pe mezo de di archi co-e miage de d'ato.
Translate from English to Genoese:
His work was continued by William the Englishman who replaced his French namesake in 1178.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O seu travaggio o l'é stæto continuou da-o Ghiggermo l'Ingreise ch'o l'à piggiou o posto do seu omònimo do 1178.
What’s the Ligurian translation of this sentence?
Tiercerons – decorative vaulting ribs – seem first to be have been used in vaulting at Lincoln Cathedral, installed c.1200.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
I tierceron – arrembi d'aggibbo pe-i vòrti – pâ che seggian stæti deuviæ pe-a primma vòtta in tiâ sciù i vòrti da Catedrale de Lincoln, installâ c.1200.
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The first building in the High Gothic was Chartres Cathedral, an important pilgrimage church south of Paris.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
A primma construçion de l'Erto Gòtico a l'ea a Catedrale de Chartres, unn'importante gexa de peregrinaggio à sud de Pariggi.
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The walls were filled with stained glass, mainly depicting the story of the Virgin Mary but also, in a small corner of each window, illustrating the crafts of the guilds who donated those windows.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
E miage ean stæte impie de veddro de cô, che pe-o ciù o depenzeiva l'istöia da Vergine Maria ma o l'inlustrava ascì, inte un cantetto de tutti i barcoin, e aspertixe de corpoaçioin ch'aiva donou quelli barcoin.
Translate from English to Ligurian:
In central Europe, the High Gothic style appeared in the Holy Roman Empire, first at Toul (1220–), whose Romanesque cathedral was rebuilt in the style of Reims Cathedral; then Trier's Liebfrauenkirche parish church (1228–), and then throughout the Reich, beginning with the Elisabethkirche at Marburg (1235–) and the cathedral at Metz (c.1235–).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Inte l'Euröpa do mezo, o stile Erto Gòtico o l'é apparso into Sacro Roman Impëio, primma à Toul (1220-), che a catedrale Romanica a l'é stæta tiâ sciù torna into stile da Catedrale de Reims; dapeu inta gexa parrocchia Liebfrauenkirche do Giudiçe (1228-), e dapeu inte tutto o Reich, à comensâ da-a Elisabethkirche à Marburg (1235-) e a catedrale de Metz (c.1235-).
What’s the Ligurian translation of this sentence?
Lancet windows were supplanted by multiple lights separated by geometrical bar-tracery.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
I barcoin à ogiva ean sostituii da luxe mortipre scompartie da-o straföo geometrico à sbara.
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Other characteristics of the High Gothic were the development of rose windows of greater size, using bar-tracery, higher and longer flying buttresses, which could reach up to the highest windows, and walls of sculpture illustrating biblical stories filling the facade and the fronts of the transept.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Atre caratteristiche de l'Erto Gòtico ean o sviluppo de rosoin de dimenscion ciù grende, o deuvio do straföo à sbara, ciù erti e ciù longhi arrembi à xeuo, che poeivan arrivâ a-i barcoin ciù erti, e miage de scortue che inlustravan istöie da Bibbia con impî a facciata e i fronti do transetto.
What’s the Ligurian translation of this sentence?
The high and thin walls of French Rayonnant Gothic allowed by the flying buttresses enabled increasingly ambitious expanses of glass and decorated tracery, reinforced with ironwork.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
E erte e sottî miage do Gòtico Rayonnant franseise permisse da-i arrembi à xeuo consentivan l'espanscion da maniman ciù ambiçiosa do veddro e do straföo aggibbou, regäsou con unn'armadua de færo.
What’s the Genoese translation of this sentence?
Masons elaborated a series of tracery patterns for windows – from the basic geometrical to the reticulated and the curvilinear – which had superseded the lancet window.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
I massachen an elaborou unna serie de modelli de straföo pe-i barcoin – da-o geometrico base a-o reticolou e a-o curvilinio – che aivan sostituio o barcon à ogiva.
Translate from English to Ligurian:
Churches with features of this style include Westminster Abbey (1245–), the cathedrals at Lichfield (after 1257–) and Exeter (1275–), Bath Abbey (1298–), and the retro choir at Wells Cathedral (c.1320–).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
E gexe con de caratteristiche de sto stile chì comprendan Westminster Abbey (1245-), e Catedrale à Lichfield (dòppo o 1257-) e Exeter (1275-), Bath Abbey (1298-), e o retro cöo da Catedrale de Wells (c.1320-).
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Use of ogees was especially common.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Sorvetutto o deuvio de modanatue o l'ea commun.
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Examples of French flamboyant building include the west façade of Rouen Cathedral, and especially the façades of Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes (1370s) and choir Mont-Saint-Michel's abbey church (1448).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
I exempi de construçion do flamboyant franseise comprendan a facciata òvest da Catedrale de Rouen, e sorvetutto e facciate de Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes (1370s) e o cöo da gexa abbaçia do Mont-Saint-Michel (1448).
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It first appeared in the cloisters and chapter-house (c. 1332) of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London by William de Ramsey.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O l'é apparso pe-a primma vòtta inti ciòstri e case-capitolo (c. 1332) da vegia Catedrale St. Paul à Londra de William de Ramsey.
What’s the Ligurian translation of this sentence?
Perpendicular is sometimes called Third Pointed and was employed over three centuries; the fan-vaulted staircase at Christ Church, Oxford built around 1640.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O perpendicolâ de vòtte o l'é ciammou Terso Appissuo e o l'é stæto deuviou pe trei secoli; o scaon co-o vòrto à bandeta da Christ Church, tiâ sciù à Oxford verso o 1640.
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The Château de Blois (1515–24) introduced the Renaissance loggia and open stairway.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O Château de Blois (1515-24) o l'à introduto a lögia da Renascion e e scainæ averte.
What’s the Ligurian translation of this sentence?
Under Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, England was largely isolated from architectural developments on the continent.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Sotta Henry VIII e Elizabeth I, l'Inghiltæra a l'ea do bello isoâ da-i desviluppi architettuæ in sciô continente.
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Shute published the first book in English on classical architecture in 1570.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O Shute o l'à pubricou o primmo libbro in ingreise in sciâ architettua clascica do 1570.
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The pointed arch did not originate in Gothic architecture; they had been employed for centuries in the Near East in pre-Islamic as well as Islamic architecture for arches, arcades, and ribbed vaults.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
L'erco appissuo o no l'ea originäio inte l'architettua gòtica; ean stæti deuviæ pe di secoli into Medio Oriente tanto inte l'architettua ante-islamica coscì comme islamica pe erchi, arcæ, e vòrti à çentiña.
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They were also sometimes used for more practical purposes, such as to bring transverse vaults to the same height as diagonal vaults, as in the nave and aisles of Durham Cathedral, built in 1093.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
De vòtte ean deuviæ ascì pe de raxoin prattiche, comme portâ di vòrti transversæ a-a mæxima ertixe de di vòrti diagonæ, comme inta navâ e e navette da Catedrale de Durham, stæta tiâ sciù do 1093.
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Unlike the semi-circular barrel vault of Roman and Romanesque buildings, where the weight pressed directly downward, and required thick walls and small windows, the Gothic rib vault was made of diagonal crossing arched ribs.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Despægio da-o vòrto semi-çircolâ à botte di edifiçi romoen e romanichi, donde o peiso o schissava drito verso o basso, e ghe voeiva de miage drue e di barcoin piccin, o vòrto à çentiña gòtico o l'ea fæto de çentiñe à erco incroxæ in diagonâ.
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
The outward thrust against the walls was countered by the weight of buttresses and later flying buttresses.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
O sponcion de feua contra e miage o l'ea contrabalansou da-o peiso di arrembi e ciù tardi di arrembi à xeuo.
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They were very difficult to build, and could only cross a limited space.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Ean de ben ben grammo tiâ sciù, e poeivan solo che traversâ un spaçio limitou.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
The alternating rows of alternating columns and piers receiving the weight of the vaults was replaced by simple pillars, each receiving the same weight.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
E fie alternæ de chinòlle alternæ à pilastræ che reçeivan o peiso di vòrti o l'ea sostituio da di senci pilloin, che ognidun o reçeveiva o mæximo peiso.
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These vaults often copied the forms form of the elaborate tracery of the Late Gothic styles.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
De spesso sti vòrti chì copiavan e forme che forman l'elaborou straföo di tardi stili gòtichi.
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A second type was called a reticulated vault, which had a network of additional decorative ribs, in triangles and other geometric forms, placed between or over the traverse ribs.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Unna segonda smersa a l'ea ciammâ vòrto reticolou, ch'o l'aiva unna ræ de arrembi d'aggibbo in de ciù, à triangoli e atre forme geometriche, missa tramezo ò de d'ato a-i arrembi de traverso.
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An example is the cloister of Gloucester Cathedral (c. 1370).
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Un exempio o l'é o ciòstro da catedrale de Gloucester (c.1370)
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
They were used later at Sens, at Notre-Dame de Paris and at Canterbury in England.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Son stæti deuviæ ciù tardi à Sens, à Notre-Dame de Paris e à Canterbury in Inghiltæra.
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In the High Gothic period, a new form was introduced, composed of a central core surrounded several attached slender columns, or colonettes, going up to the vaults.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Inte l'Erto Periodo Gòtico, a l'é stæta introduta unna neuva forma, compòsta da un nucleo çentrale ch'o çircondava ben ben de chinòlle stigge attaccæ, ò chinollette, che van sciù verso o vòrto.
What’s the Ligurian translation of this sentence?
In England, the clustered columns were often ornamented with stone rings, as well as columns with carved leaves.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
In Inghiltæra, e chinòlle à rappo ean de spesso aggibbæ con di anelli de pria, coscì comme e chinòlle con de feugge scorpie.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
In later structures, the buttresses often had several arches, each reaching in to a different level of the structure.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Inte struttue ciù tardie, i arrembi aivan de spesso un muggio de erchi, che ognidun o l'arrivava à un despægio livello da struttua.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
The arches had an additional practical purpose; they contained lead channels which carried rainwater off the roof; it was expelled from the mouths of stone gargoyles placed in rows on the buttresses.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
I erchi aivan unna raxon prattica in de ciù; contegnivan de cannæ de ciongio che portavan ægua ciuvaña zu da-o teito; a vegniva cacciâ feua de d'inte bocche di gargoyle de pria stæti missi da-a fia in scî arrembi.
Can you translate this text to Ligurian?
Since cathedral construction usually took many years, and was extremely expensive, by the time the tower were to be built public enthusiasm waned, and tastes changed.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Apreuvo che a construçion da catedrale pe commun a piggiava ben ben de anni, e a l'ea do bello caistiosa, da-o tempo che a tore a vegniva tiâ sciù l'invexendo pubrico o scentava, e i gusti ean cangiæ.
Translate from English to Ligurian (Genoese dialect):
Chartres would have been even more exuberant if the second plan had been followed; it called for seven towers around the transept and sanctuary.
The Ligurian (Genoese) translation is:
Chartres a saieiva sæta sciña ciù piña de rebighi se se foïse anæti apreuvo a-o segondo progetto; ghe voeiva sette tore d'in gio a-o transetto e a-o santuäio.