The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals

Lynn Courtenay (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

1997
Ashgate Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-0-86078-750-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Lynn T. Courtenay, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA R. Mark, J. Heyman, Lon R. Shelby, R. Branner, J.H. Harvey, Eric Fernie, J.Bony, S. Bonde, C. Maines, S. Murray, J. Heyman, K.D. Alexander, J.F. Abel, Walter C.Leedy Jr., Elizabeth B. Smith, R. Mainstone, J. F. Fitchen, N.D.J. Foot, C.D. Litton, W.G. Simpson, L. Courtenay, Tim Tatton-Brown.

Contents: Introduction; Robert Willis, Viollet-le-Duc and the structural approach to Gothic architecture, R. Mark; On the rubber vaults of the Middle Ages and other matters, J. Heyman; The geometrical knowledge of medieval master masons, Lon R. Shelby; Villard de Honnecourt, Reims, and the origin of gothic architectural drawing, R. Branner; The tracing floor of York Minster, J.H. Harvey; Late gothic structural design in ’instructions’ of Lorenz Lechler, Lon R. Shelby and R. Mark; The ground plan of Norwich Cathedral and the square root of two, Eric Fernie; The stonework planning of the first Durham master, J.Bony; Archaeology and engineering: the foundations of Amiens Cathedral, S. Bonde, C. Maines, and R. Mark; The collapse of 1284 at Beauvais Cathedral, S. Murray; Beauvais Cathedral, J. Heyman; The structural behaviour of medieval ribbed vaulting, K.D. Alexander, R. Mark and J.F. Abel; Fan vaulting, Walter C.Leedy Jr.; Ars mecanica: gothic structure in Italy, Elizabeth B. Smith; Brunelleschi’s dome of S. Maria del Fiore and some related structures, R. Mainstone; A comment on the function of the upper flying buttress in French gothic architecture, J. F. Fitchen; The high roofs of the east end of Lincoln Cathedral, N.D.J. Foot, C.D. Litton and W.G. Simpson; Viollet-le-Duc and the flèche of Notre-Dame de Paris: gothic carpentry of the 13th and 19th centuries, L. Courtenay; Building the tower and spire of Salisbury Cathedral, Tim Tatton-Brown; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.12.1997
Reihe/Serie	Studies in the History of Civil Engineering
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Gewicht	900 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Technik ► Bauwesen
ISBN-10	0-86078-750-8 / 0860787508
ISBN-13	978-0-86078-750-1 / 9780860787501
Zustand	Neuware