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| List of Figures | |
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| The structural aspects of medieval building, and the contemporary sources of possible information about its execution. | |
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| Constructional Means | |
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| The multiple nature and scope of the falsework requirements—scaffolding, shoring, formwork, and centering—with some provisionally assumed solutions. | |
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| Medieval Types of Vaulting | |
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| An analysis of the chief structural developments in medieval times; problems, innovations, and solutions. | |
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| Gothic Framework | |
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| The significance of the rib. An assessment of what others have written on the nature and extent of the formwork used in Gothic vaulting, together with a possible solution of the formwork problem. | |
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| Gothic Centering | |
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| An analysis of the centering problem in Gothic vaulting, along with the types of falsework employed as support for the centering. | |
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| Erection of Rib Vaulting Without Formwork | |
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| Systems of construction that dispense with falsework | |
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| The Gothic system of vault erection without formwork | |
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| Summary review of the erectional sequence and procedures in French Gothic rib-vaulted churches. | |
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| Notes and Comments Appendixes | |
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| An Annotated Bibliography of Falsework Literature | |
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| The Occurrence of Putlog Holes and the Location and Extent of the Scaffolding They Reveal | |
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| Passageways in Lincoln Cathedral | |
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| A Tower Vault of the Eleventh Century | |
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| Medieval Vault Thickness | |
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| Surfaces of Double Curvature in Gothic Vaults | |
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| The Slow Setting Time of Medieval Mortars and Its Consequences | |
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| Oblique or Skew Vaults of Masonry | |
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| Pole Scaffolding | |
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| Arch and Vault Ties in Medieval Construction | |
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| Medieval Falsework Practices in England | |
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| Abbot Suger on the New Work at St-Denis: A Reinterpretation | |
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| Strutting Systems Used in Centering Frames | |
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| An Instance of Vault Centering that Survives from the Gothic Era | |
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| Intersecting Centering Frames, and the Use of Models to Solve the Difficulties Encountered | |
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| Medieval Lifting Devices and Procedures | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Places and Buildings | |