A Protestant movement characterized by a belief in the literal truth of the Bible. Protestant Christian belonging to a sect descending from those that seceded from the church of Rome at the time of the Reformation. Monk A member of a religious brotherhood living in a monastery and devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order. Post and Beam Construction. Mortise A rectangular cavity in a piece of wood, prepared to receive a tenon.
Tenon is a projection on the end of a piece of wood shaped for insertion into a mortise.
The technique used in construction of post and beam structures. Posts are upright, beams are horizontal, perlins are beams set at an angle parellel to the pitch of a roof to support its rafters. Angle braces are installed at the joints of posts and beams at a 45 degree angle to provide lateral support. Zurich, Swiss capital that became the center of the Anabaptist wing of the Reformation. Kaiserslatern German city from which the Stahly family migrated to America.