Metrology and proportion in the window tracery of medieval Ireland : an empirical study of Ormond and Connaught
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Avril Behan, 'Metrology and proportion in the window tracery of medieval Ireland : an empirical study of Ormond and Connaught', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2012, pp 229, pp 212, pp 244Download Item:
Abstract:
This study developed a methodology to investigate whether evidence could be found for
the application of systems of proportion and metrology to the design of late medieval
window tracery in Ireland. Source data was collected for over two-hundred windows,
across three medieval kingdoms, using the three-dimensional measurement technique of
stereo photogrammetry. Measurements of window width and height, light width and
height, mullion width, tracery field height, and arch span were extracted for each window.
Two full building investigations were made using terrestrial laser scanning to generate
three-dimensional ground plans and models of a range of architectural details.
Measurements from the windows, plans, and details were interrogated using a set of
Visual Basic for Applications macros in Microsoft Excel to indicate the preferred unit(s)
of measurement and any evidence of the presence of defined ratios between significant
features.
Author: Behan, Avril
Advisor:
Moss, RachelQualification name:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Publisher:
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