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SUMMARY:Mega-Structures of the Middle Ages: The Construction of Religious 
 Buildings in Europe and Asia\, c. 1000-1500 - Maarten Prak\, University of
  Utrecht
DTSTART:20091008T160000Z
DTEND:20091008T173000Z
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DESCRIPTION:How did medieval builders manage to construct Gothic cathedral
 s-buildings which are still among the tallest structures in the world-with
 out access to modern engineering theories? The paper investigates medieval
  building knowledge and the way it was transferred across the generations.
  Printed information only seems to have emerged in the course of the 15th 
 century. Construction drawings were limited to details. By implication\, t
 he relevant knowledge must have been transferred on a personal basis. Its 
 underlying principles therefore must have been reasonably simple. The pape
 r attempts to demonstrate that a modular design and execution was underpin
 ning much of the construction work on \nlarge projects throughout Eurasia.
LOCATION:Erasmus Room\, Queens College
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