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Recalibrating the work of Cecil Hewett
Prior to the creation of an English tree-ring chronology in the late 1980s, typology was the main method by which to date a timber structure. Cecil Alec Hewett (1926-1998) pioneered buildings typologies for medieval carpentry joints and timber-framed buildings in south-eastern England (Gibson and Andrews 1998, online). In Hewett’s seminal work English Historic Carpentry the inner sleeve reads “he [Hewett] has shown that the methods of assembling timber buildings, particularly the joints used, follow a strict historical sequence, as datable as ceramics” (Hewett 1980a, inner sleeve). In the case of Hewett, typology is defined as being “historically diagnostic because they are historically unique, that is, they are ‘peculiar to a given time and place’” (Sackett 1977, 371) and therefore, progress from the archaic to the mechanically advanced in a datable sequence of ‘style and function’ (Ibid.). Continue reading
Published!
My MSc is now available as a book on Amazon “Virtual Meccano”: The Creation of Virtual Joints to Explore Vernacular Timber-framed Construction Methods of the Late Medieval Period (c1400-1530) [Paperback] Share on Facebook
Henry of Blois (c.1100-1171)
Winchester Cathedral will be holding a celebration of his life of Henry of Blois (1100-1171) from June the first to the seventh 2009. Continue reading
Minature Inn
I was asked awhile back by a visitor to the main site for help in building a model Inn, well Orsolya Skulteti has finished the minature and it is fantastic! You can view it here it is called “Inn to … Continue reading
