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100			_aFitchen, John _98348
245			_aConstruction of Gothic Cathedrals : _b a study of medieval vault erection / _cby John Fitchen
250			_aUniversity of Chicago ed.
260			_aChicago : _bUniversity Of Chicago Press, _c1981, c.1961
300			_axix, 344 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents : List of Figures 1. SOURCES OF INFORMATION-- The structural aspects of medieval building, and the contemporary sources of possible information about its execution-- 2. CONSTRUCTIONAL MEANS-- The multiple nature and scope of the falsework requirements--scaffolding, shoring, formwork, and centering--with some provisionally assumed solutions-- 3. MEDIEVAL TYPES OF VAULTING-- An analysis of the chief structural developments in medieval times problems, innovations, and solutions-- 4. GOTHIC FRAMEWORK-- 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-- 5. GOTHIC CENTERING-- An analysis of the centering problem in Gothic vaulting, along with the types of falsework employed as support for the centering-- 6. ERECTION OF RIB VAULTING WITHOUT FORMWORK-- 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.
520			_aDescribes 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			_aArchitecture, Gothic cathedrals _98352
650			_aChristian art and symbolism _yMedieval, 500-1500. _924315
650			_aArchitecture Gothique _xGrande-Bretagne _924316
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