Main entry:

Fitchen, John.

Title & Author:

The construction of Gothic cathedrals : a study of medieval vault erection / by John Fitchen.

Edition:

Phoenix edition

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981.
©1961

Description:

xix, 344 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-336).
Sources of information -- Constructional means -- Medieval types of vaulting -- Gothic formwork -- Gothic centering -- Erection of rib vaulting without formwork -- Appendixes. A. An annotated bibliography of falsework literature ; B. The occurrence of putlog holes and the location and extent of the scaffolding they reveal ; C. Passageways in Lincoln Cathedral ; D.A tower vault of the eleventh century ; E. Medieval vault thicknesses ; F. Surfaces of double curvature in Gothic vaults ; G. The slow setting time of medieval mortars and its consequences ; H. Oblique or show vaults of masonry ; I. Pole scaffolding ; J. Arch and vault ties in medieval construction ; K. Medieval falsework practices in England ; L. Abbot Suger on the new work at St.-Denis : a reinterpretation ; M. Strutting systems used in centering frames ; N. An instance of vault centering that survives from the Gothic era ; O. Intersecting centering frames, and the use of models to solve the difficulties encountered ; P. Medieval lifting devices and procedures -- Glossary.

Summary:

Describes the process of erecting the great cathedrals in the Gothic era. This text explains the building equipment and falsework needed, the actual operations undertaken, and the sequence of these operations as far as they can be deduced from manuscript illuminations and pictorial representations.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226252035 (pbk.)
9780226252032 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture, Gothic.
Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500.
Architecture, Medieval.
Vaults (Architecture)
Cathedrals.
Architecture gothique.
Voûtes.
Cathédrales.
Architecture médiévale.
vaults (structural elements)
Christian art and symbolism Medieval.
Kathedralen.
Gotiek.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74589
Call No.: PO9158
Status: Available