Gothic design techniques : the fifteenth-century design booklets of Mathes Roriczer and Hanns Schmuttermayer / edited, translated, and introduced by Lon R. Shelby.

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Gothic design techniques : the fifteenth-century design booklets of Mathes Roriczer and Hanns Schmuttermayer / edited, translated, and introduced by Lon R. Shelby.

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Description:

xiii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Text of the booklets in German and English; introd. and editorial matter in English.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
Introduction to the booklets. -- Roriczer, M. Büchlein von der Fialen Gerechtigkeit (Booklet concerning pinnacle correctitude). -- Roriczer, M. Wimpergbüchlein (Booklet on gablets). -- Roriczer, M. Geometria deutsch (Geometry [in] German). -- Schmuttermayer, H. Fialenbüchlein (Booklet on pinnacles).
Text of the booklets in German and English; introduction and editorial matter in English.

Summary:

Gothic Design Techniques is the first English translation of the three design booklets by Mathes Roriczer, master mason and one of the fifteenth-century architects of Regensburg Cathedral, and the booklet by Hanns Schmuttermayer, a fifteenth-century goldsmith of Nuremberg. These booklets, with their precise instructions accompanied by drawings graphically illustrating each step of the procedure, are an invaluable source of information about the building of Gothic pinnacles, gablets, and windows. Impeccably edited, the texts provide both a careful transcription of the original German and a literal English translation. In addition, Mr. Shelby has provided a comprehensive introduction placing the booklets in their historical context.

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ISBN:

080930810X
9780809308101

Subject:

Architecture, Gothic.
Architecture Details.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Geometry Early works to 1800.
Architecture gothique.
Architecture Détails.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Géométrie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture.
Geometry.
Design Gothic Germany C15th Technique.

Form/genre:

Early works.
Early works to 1800.

Added entries:

Roriczer, Matthäus, -1495?
Shelby, Lonnie Royce, 1935-2018.
Schmuttermayer, Hanns. Fialenbüchlein. English & German.

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Location: Library main 12514
Call No.: ID:87-B14576
Status: Available

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