Gothic design techniques
Subtitle: the fifteenth-century design booklets of Mathes Roriczer and Hanns Schmuttermayer
By: edited, translated, and introduced by Lon R. Shelby.
Contributors: Roritzer, Matthäus, d. 1495?; Schmuttermayer, Hanns.; Shelby, Lonnie Royce, 1935-
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic; Architecture -- Details; Architecture -- Early works to 1800; Geometry -- Early works to 1800
Description: Gothic Design Techniques is the first English translation of the three design booklets by Mathes Roriczer, master mason and one of the fifteenth-century architects of Regensburg Cathedral, and the booklet by Hanns Schmuttermayer, a fifteenth-century goldsmith of Nuremberg. These booklets, with their precise instructions accompanied by drawings graphically illustrating each step of the procedure, are an invaluable source of information about the building of Gothic pinnacles, gablets, and windows. Impeccably edited, the texts provide both a careful transcription of the original German and a literal English translation. In addition, Mr. Shelby has provided a comprehensive introduction placing the booklets in their historical context.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 193-202.
Text of the booklets in German and English; introd. and editorial matter in English.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the booklets.; title: Roriczer, M. Büchlein von der Fialen Gerechtigkeit (Booklet concerning pinnacle correctitude).; title: Roriczer, M. Wimpergbüchlein (Booklet on gablets).; title: Roriczer, M. Geometria deutsch (Geometry [in] German).; title: Schmuttermayer, H. Fialenbüchlein (Booklet on pinnacles)