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John Briggs wrote:
> Christopher Crockett wrote:
>> From: John Briggs
>>
>>> I now find that John James doesn't believe it either.
>>
>> JJ's ideas always need to be used with great caution.
>>
>> he has a good Eye for stone, but his scholarship is pretty
>> consistently sloppy.
>
> He doesn't think like an art historian - so his work will probably
> take decades to properly analyse.
>
>>> He points out
>>
>> where?
>
> Here:
>
> http://orgs.uww.edu/avista/avistapdfs/afj1101.pdf
Reprinted in:
In Search of the Unknown in Medieval Architecture
by John James
24 x 17 cm 686 pp. 280 illus.
£150.00
Publication: October 2006
The Pindar Press
ISBN 1 904597 36 X
Cloth Bound
Which may not actually exist yet, as Amazon are unaware of it!
John Briggs
"This volume makes available 42 of the author's studies on the development
of Gothic architecture in France.
Contents
Introduction
History : A new chronology for French High Gothic: Consequences of The Ark
of God
An investigation into the uneven distribution of churches in the Paris Basin
Memes and assumptions
The evolution of medieval architecture from a symbolic perspective
Evidence for flying buttresses before 1180; Chartres was lucky the Parisians
were busy; Toichology: In defence of Toichology
Were the transept porches at Chartres added; An examination of some
anomalies in the ascension and incarnation portals of Chartres Cathedral
Multiple contracting in the Saint-Denis chevet
Could Suger have built the choir of Saint-Denis in four years?
La construction de la façade occidentale de la cathédrale de Senlis
The Masters and their methods
A northern master for Clermont-Ferrand?; Vaulting
The evolution of the rib vault; The peaked arch, and the earliest domical
rib vaults in the Paris Basin
The rib vaults of Durham cathedral; Rib Vaults in Italy
Techniques:Medieval mortar ; Construction, cranes, formwork and timing
Foliage And Decoration: The foliate capitals in the nave of Peterborough
Cathedral
The rustic master - a Chartrain master in Italy; Chapiteaux à feuilles d'acanthe
du Portail Royal
An analysis of chevron patterns and column patterns at Durham
Geometry: An Architect's approach to Medieval Geometry
Measuring and hunting geometry
Medieval Units of Measure: the feet of the master
The tools of Hues Libergier, Master Mason of the Thirteenth Century
Chartres cathedral and the rule of geometry
Four 'identical' windows
The great western rose of Chartres cathedral
The White Tower, discrepancies were deliberate
Gothic pinnacles
The two geometric layouts for la Sainte-Chapelle
Meaning: The canopy of paradise
The mystery of the great labyrinth, Chartres cathedral
Medieval Astrology: the signs of the Zodiac on the Royal Portal of Chartres
cathedral
Changes in architectural symbolism
Economics: What price the cathedrals?; How many built the churches?
Funding the Early Gothic churches of the Paris Basin"
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