Construction of Gothic Cathedrals : (Record no. 6364)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780226252032 |
| Binding type | pbk. |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0226252035 |
| Binding type | pbk. |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 726.6 |
| Item number | FIT-C |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Fitchen, John |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Construction of Gothic Cathedrals : |
| Remainder of title | a study of medieval vault erection / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by John Fitchen |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | University of Chicago ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Chicago : |
| Name of publisher | University Of Chicago Press, |
| Year of publication | 1981, c.1961 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xix, 344 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents : List of Figures<br/>1. SOURCES OF INFORMATION--<br/>The structural aspects of medieval building, and the contemporary sources of possible information about its execution--<br/>2. CONSTRUCTIONAL MEANS--<br/>The multiple nature and scope of the falsework requirements--scaffolding, shoring, formwork, and centering--with some provisionally assumed solutions--<br/>3. MEDIEVAL TYPES OF VAULTING--<br/>An analysis of the chief structural developments in medieval times problems, innovations, and solutions--<br/>4. GOTHIC FRAMEWORK--<br/>The significance of the rib. An assessment of what others have written on the nature and extent of the formwork used in Gothic vaulting, together with a possible solution of the formwork problem--<br/>5. GOTHIC CENTERING--<br/>An analysis of the centering problem in Gothic vaulting, along with the types of falsework employed as support for the centering--<br/>6. ERECTION OF RIB VAULTING WITHOUT FORMWORK--<br/>Systems of construction that dispense with falsework. The Gothic system of vault erection without formwork. Summary review of the erectional sequence and procedures in French Gothic rib-vaulted churches.<br/> |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Abstract, etc | 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Architecture, Gothic cathedrals |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Christian art and symbolism |
| Chronological subdivision | Medieval, 500-1500. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Architecture Gothique |
| General subdivision | Grande-Bretagne |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Lost status | Damaged status | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non Fiction | Library, SPAB | Library, SPAB | K-1 | 02/08/2016 | SPAB/LIB14-15/B509 | 14-10-28 | IN374 | 2015-01-26 | Baroda | USD21.00 | RS1386.00 | 21.00 | 726.6 FIT-C | 008623 | Books |