Titre et auteur:

The engineering of medieval cathedrals / edited by Lynn T. Courtenay.

Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, Great Britain ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate, ©1997.

Description:

xxxviii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Série(s):

Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Robert Willis, Viollet-le-Duc and the structural approach to Gothic architecture / Robert Mark -- On the rubber vaults of the Middle Ages and other matters / J. Heyman -- The geometrical knowledge of mediaeval master masons / Lon R. Shelby -- Villard de Honnecourt, Reims, and the origin of Gothic architectural drawing / Robert 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 / Jean 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 mechanica': Gothic structure in Italy / Elizabeth Bradford Smith -- Brunelleschi's dome of S. Maria del Fiore and some related structures / Rowland J. Mainstone -- A comment on the function of the upper flying buttress in French Gothic architecture / John 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 fleche of Notre-Dame de Paris: Gothic carpentry of the 13th and 19th centuries / Lynn T. Courtenay -- Building the tower and spire of Salisbury Cathedral / Tim Tatton-Brown.

Résumé:

Brings together collections of important papers on particular topics from scholarly journals, conference papers and other hard-to-access sources.

ISBN:

0860787508 (hardbound ; alk. paper)
9780860787501 (hardbound ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Dawn of Midi Musikgruppe
Cathedrals Europe Design and construction History.
Middle Ages.
Cathédrales Europe Conception et construction Histoire.
Moyen Âge.
Arquitectura medieval
Cathedrals Design and construction
Architekturtheorie
Bauentwurf
Baukonstruktion
Bautechnik
Gotik
Kirchenbau
Konstruktionselement
Mittelalter
Bouwkunde.
Kathedralen.
Civil engineering History.
Cathedrals Design and construction History.
Cathédrales Conception et construction Europe Histoire Moyen âge.
Europe
Geschichte 0800-1299

Classification/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
History

Vedettes secondaires:

Courtenay, Lynn T. (Lynn Towery), 1943-
Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 1.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 191954
Cote: ID TH4221.E54; ID:97-B3040
Statut: Disponible