The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals
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The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
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The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals

About this book

The great cathedrals and churches of the medieval West continue to awe. How were they built, and why do they remain standing? What did their builders know about what they were doing? These questions have given rise to considerable controversy, which is fully reflected in the papers selected here. The first section of the book is concerned with the medieval builders and their design methods; the second focuses on engineering issues in the context of the infamous collapse of the choir at Beauvais in 1284. The following papers extend the analysis into the 15th century, looking for example at Brunelleschi's dome for Florence Cathedral, and deal with the often neglected structures of roofs, towers and spires.

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Yes, you can access The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals by Lynn T. Courtenay,Lynn Courtenay in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & World History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781351890694
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. General Editor's Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Robert Willis, Viollet-le-Duc and the structural approach to Gothic architecture
  10. 2 On the rubber vaults of the Middle Ages and other matters
  11. 3 The geometrical knowledge of mediaeval master masons
  12. 4 Villard de Honnecourt, Reims, and the origin of Gothic architectural drawing
  13. 5 The tracing floor of York Minster
  14. 6 Late Gothic structural design in 'instructions' of Lorenz Lechler
  15. 7 The ground plan of Norwich Cathedral and the square root of two
  16. 8 The stonework planning of the first Durham master
  17. 9 Archaeology and engineering: the foundations of Amiens Cathedral
  18. 10 The collapse of 1284 at Beauvais Cathedral
  19. 11 Beauvais Cathedral
  20. 12 The structural behaviour of medieval ribbed vaulting
  21. 13 Fan vaulting
  22. 14 'Ars mechanica': Gothic structure in Italy
  23. 15 Brunelleschi's dome of S. Maria del Fiore and some related structures
  24. 16 A comment on the function of the upper flying buttress in French Gothic architecture
  25. 17 The high roofs of the east end of Lincoln Cathedral
  26. 18 Viollet-le-Duc and the flèche of Notre-Dame de Paris: Gothic carpentry of the 13th and 19th centuries
  27. 19 Building the tower and spire of Salisbury Cathedral
  28. Index