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Fine arts > Architecture > Interiors > Solars, domestic architecture

Preferred term

Solars, domestic architecture  

Definition

  • Certain upper floor rooms in Medieval houses that are smaller than halls and reserved for private family use [AAT]; upper rooms or apartments in a house or other dwelling; lofts, attics or garrets sometimes used a a granary or storeroom [OED]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Attics, solars
  • Garrets, solars
  • Lofts, solars
  • Solers, domestic architecture
  • Sollars, domestic architecture
  • Sollers, domestic architecture

Notation

  • 118989

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-QCV1HLSB-K

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