From:
"Walter S. Arnold" <walter@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:32:23 -0600
Subject:
Medieval working drawings
At 01:22 PM 1/6/04 -0700, Tomas Lipps wrote:
Quoted text begins.stereotomy (note spelling).
End of quote.
Definition, per Websters Dictionary:
The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as
arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.
Another old text book on the subject is "Stereotomy - Problems in Stone
Cutting in Four Classes, but S. Edward Warren, 1875.
Some pretty intense geometry in that one, it's geared to engineering and
architecture students.
The medieval stuff wasn't much different. A lot of the medieval cathedrals
had setting-out rooms, where the templates and patterns were scribed full
size on the floor and then wood or metal templates were cut from those
patterns. Sometimes you can get permission to view such a room.
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