Gothic Design Techniques: The Fifteenth-Century Design Booklets of Mathes Roriczer and Hanns Schmuttermayer - Hardcover

Mathes Roriczer; Hanns Schmuttermayer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080930810X ISBN 13: 9780809308101

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1977

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Lon R. Shelby is Professor of History and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Southern Illinois University at Car­bondale.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 080930810X
• ISBN 13: 9780809308101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 207
• Editor: Lon R. Shelby