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Describes the process of erecting the great cathedrals in the Gothic era. This text explains the building equipment and falsework needed, the actual operations undertaken, and the sequence of these operations as far as they can be deduced from manuscript illuminations and pictorial representations.
- Author
- John Fitchen
- Publisher
- oxford: at the clarendon press
- Published
- 1967
- Language
- EN
- Subjects
- Art, Arts
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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