plancha

English translation: baluster

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Spanish term or phrase:plancha
English translation:baluster
Entered by: Toni Castano

12:12 Jan 16, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Other / Freemasonry in Mexico
Spanish term or phrase: plancha
En junio de 1828 la Gran Logia Nacional Mexicana envió una plancha a todos los talleres de su jurisdicción para que comenzaran a formar la opinión a favor de los “patriotas” que debían ser nombrados diputados.

This is from an academic paper on freemasonry. A plancha seems to have been a kind of treatise or essay to spark debate amongst masons. I can't seem to find the exact term, however.

I attach a link describing the issue.

https://masoneriahoy.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/que-es-una-pla...
Peter Collins
Spain
Local time: 09:11
Baluster
Explanation:

I think the corresponding term in English is “baluster”, an “official document or circular” (see reference below).

http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S...

Me refiero a una serie de cartas, planchas,3 circulares, certificados, nombramientos y cédulas elaboradas por masones, la mayoría yorkinos, así como el juicio masónico seguido en 1827 a un miembro de la logia "Apoteosis de Hidalgo", que trabajaba en el rito York en la ciudad de Chihuahua, y otro, en 1830 en el tribunal eclesiástico al presbítero Antonio Arroyo por pertenecer a la logia de Zacatlán, también del rito de York. Algunos de estos documentos se encontraban dispersos en colecciones particulares y fueron subastados en fechas recientes por la casa Louis C. Morton; otros se localizan en diversos repositorios mexicanos, como el Archivo General de la Nación, la colección Lafragua de la Biblioteca Nacional, el Archivo de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación y el Archivo Histórico del Arzobispado de México.
3 Nombre simbólico que se otorga a los documentos masónicos, en especial de las actas de los trabajos de las logias.

http://ubm.opus.hbz-nrw.de/volltexte/2003/446/pdf/diss.pdf

baluster: official circular or document

2. Baluster
A baluster (French: balustre) in its original sense is a small column or pilaster, applied by the Scottish Rite Masons to any official circular or other document issuing from a Supreme Council. We find the same explanation in the IFL: "Balustre, eigentlich eine schmale Säule, dient in der romanischen Maurerei, namentlich des A. u. A. Schottischen Ritus, zur Bezeichnung einer Veröffentlichung, eines Dekretes usw.".747 Here, the meaning of the word has changed completely, and a profane would not suspect that a column couldn designate a document.

https://elamarna.wordpress.com/category/aprendiz/page/7/
Para la francmasonería, dentro de ciertos altos grados, un balustre significa « plancha » o « plancha de trazar » (Ligou, Daniel, Diccionario de la Francmasonería , PUF 1998 página 108).





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Found this additional link (not sure if it is going to work, it is a PDF). It seems to confirm my suggestion:
https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/58447/.../vocabular...

English
baluster
Definition: A small column or pilaster, corruptly called a banister; in French, balustre. Borrowing
the architectural idea, the Freemasons of the Scottish Rite apply the word baluster to any official circular or other document issuing from a Supreme Council.
Context: The meaning of the word baluster has changed completely, and a profane would not suspect that a column could designate a document.

Spanish
plancha
Definition: Los masones emplean tres denominaciones distintas: planchas, trazados o trabajos, para referirse a los pseudoensayos que están obligados a presentar periódicamente
para su lectura en logia.
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Toni Castano
Spain
Local time: 09:11
Grading comment
Thanks to all. I think that baluster is probably the correct translation, but maybe not the best for a more general readership, so if I were to use the word, I would suggest to the writer that it might make sense to use a footnote.
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3 +1Baluster
Toni Castano
4(printing) plate
neilmac
2tracing board
Marie Wilson


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Baluster


Explanation:

I think the corresponding term in English is “baluster”, an “official document or circular” (see reference below).

http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S...

Me refiero a una serie de cartas, planchas,3 circulares, certificados, nombramientos y cédulas elaboradas por masones, la mayoría yorkinos, así como el juicio masónico seguido en 1827 a un miembro de la logia "Apoteosis de Hidalgo", que trabajaba en el rito York en la ciudad de Chihuahua, y otro, en 1830 en el tribunal eclesiástico al presbítero Antonio Arroyo por pertenecer a la logia de Zacatlán, también del rito de York. Algunos de estos documentos se encontraban dispersos en colecciones particulares y fueron subastados en fechas recientes por la casa Louis C. Morton; otros se localizan en diversos repositorios mexicanos, como el Archivo General de la Nación, la colección Lafragua de la Biblioteca Nacional, el Archivo de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación y el Archivo Histórico del Arzobispado de México.
3 Nombre simbólico que se otorga a los documentos masónicos, en especial de las actas de los trabajos de las logias.

http://ubm.opus.hbz-nrw.de/volltexte/2003/446/pdf/diss.pdf

baluster: official circular or document

2. Baluster
A baluster (French: balustre) in its original sense is a small column or pilaster, applied by the Scottish Rite Masons to any official circular or other document issuing from a Supreme Council. We find the same explanation in the IFL: "Balustre, eigentlich eine schmale Säule, dient in der romanischen Maurerei, namentlich des A. u. A. Schottischen Ritus, zur Bezeichnung einer Veröffentlichung, eines Dekretes usw.".747 Here, the meaning of the word has changed completely, and a profane would not suspect that a column couldn designate a document.

https://elamarna.wordpress.com/category/aprendiz/page/7/
Para la francmasonería, dentro de ciertos altos grados, un balustre significa « plancha » o « plancha de trazar » (Ligou, Daniel, Diccionario de la Francmasonería , PUF 1998 página 108).





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Note added at 2 hrs (2017-01-16 14:26:21 GMT)
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Found this additional link (not sure if it is going to work, it is a PDF). It seems to confirm my suggestion:
https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/58447/.../vocabular...

English
baluster
Definition: A small column or pilaster, corruptly called a banister; in French, balustre. Borrowing
the architectural idea, the Freemasons of the Scottish Rite apply the word baluster to any official circular or other document issuing from a Supreme Council.
Context: The meaning of the word baluster has changed completely, and a profane would not suspect that a column could designate a document.

Spanish
plancha
Definition: Los masones emplean tres denominaciones distintas: planchas, trazados o trabajos, para referirse a los pseudoensayos que están obligados a presentar periódicamente
para su lectura en logia.


Toni Castano
Spain
Local time: 09:11
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Thanks to all. I think that baluster is probably the correct translation, but maybe not the best for a more general readership, so if I were to use the word, I would suggest to the writer that it might make sense to use a footnote.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Though, depending on the readership, you could leave it in Spanish with an explanation, or just say "communication" or "consultation document".
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, it is up to Peter to decide on this.
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tracing board


Explanation:
This is possible.
Tracing boards are painted or printed illustrations depicting the various emblems and symbols of Freemasonry. They can be used as teaching aids during the lectures that follow each of the Masonic Degrees, when an experienced member explains the various concepts of Freemasonry to new members. They can also be used by experienced members as self-reminders of the concepts they learned as they went through their initiations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracing_board

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Rey Salomón: La Plancha Trazada de Primer Grado
rey-salomon.blogspot.com/.../la-plancha-trazada-de-pr...
Jan 30, 2005 - En el campo del simbolismo gráfico, lo que se llama iconografía masónica, la Plancha Trazada o Plancha de Dibujo, ocupa un importante ...

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"Fue solo más adelante que se instauró la práctica de usar una Plancha de madera (board) colocada ya sea directamente sobre el piso o bien sobre un caballete o trípode, de allí la denominación de «trestle-board», donde cada vez se procedía a trazar, al inicio de los trabajos, el Cuadro de Logia; y posteriormente, hacia finales del siglo XVIII, se remplazó la Plancha de trazar (tracing-board) con Cuadros de Logia establemente pintados ya sea sobre tela u otros materiales, con una «gran variedad en los dibujos empleados por las diferentes Logias, aunque los símbolos principales naturalmente estuvieran siempre presentes"
http://rey-salomon.blogspot.com.es/2007/10/algunas-reflexion...

Marie Wilson
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(printing) plate


Explanation:
I'm guessing it means a "plancha de imprenta" - so that the workshops could print out the same shortlist of "patriots".

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Sorry, I appear to have posted a high confidence level, when I'm simply guessing.


    Reference: http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/traduccion/plancha+de+i...
neilmac
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