anteportico

plural anteporticos · plural anteporticoes · alternative ante-portico · alternative antiportico

1. architectureAn outer porch or vestibule in front of the main portico.

   The porch or anteportico, a, the vestibulum, propylon, or prothyron, also termed the first entrance, was sometimes, as still is the case in that of the church of S. Clemente, prepared for shelter by curtains.

   [1853?], “Basilica”, in The Dictionary of Architecture […], volume 1, London: Thomas Richards, →OCLC, page 36 [244]

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   These columns stand on high bases and face low and narrow spaces (c). These are little more than 6 m. deep and are interposed between the main chapels. The curve of their outer walls appears to be preserved in the pilasters of the little cloister to the right of the anteportico; indeed, according to Hibsch, the pilasters of this cloister are set on antique foundations.

   1969, Richard Krautheimer, translated by Howard Saalman, “Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome and the Rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (1935)”, in Studies in Early Christian, Medieval, and Renaissance Art, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →LCCN, page 75

   In temple C the four external gallerias (excluding the anteportico) had the same width (from 4,14 to 4,20 m.) between the wainscot of the cella and the base. Whilst in Temple D, the two frontal porticoes are larger (from 5,87 to 6,14 m.) than the lateral porticoes (4,94 m.). But the main difference lies in the suppression of the ante-portico.

   1982 June, Francesco Bilello, Selinunte: History and Guide, Marinella; Selinunte: Publishers SAVA s.r.l., page 64