Tag: open hall
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 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medievalarchitecture.net%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2F2010%2F08%2Fpublished%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Published%21′; addthis_pub = ”;
Posted: August 3rd, 2010 under digital archaeology, research.
Tags: 3D, archaeological computing, black death, buildings archaeology, digital archaeology, dissemination, hampshire, heritage computing, medieval architecture, open hall, timber-frame, timber-framed
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The Tripartite Plan
Social theories
In the late medieval domestic plan, the social structure was articulated by employment of the main structural posts of the timber frame, in order to provide clear divisions of space (Gardiner 2000,159). Although the term ‘feudal’ is often used to describe the social and military structure of the late medieval period – especially in older textbooks – modern thinking tends to “shy away from the term ‘feudalism’”
Posted: April 6th, 2010 under PhD, digital archaeology, research.
Tags: liminal, lower end, open hall, pantry, timber-framed, tripartite
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Early roof
This building dates to 1244 and 1473. The floor joists here are the earliest dendro dates so far obtained in Hampshire. It was originally a country residence of the bishops of Winchester during the Middle Ages. The roof has hardly been seen and I was lucky enough to be granted access through the smallest of [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2009 under PhD, research.
Tags: 13th century, buildings archaeology, dendrochronology, hampshire, medieval architecture, open hall, photosynth, timber-frame, timber-framed
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The ‘typical’ late medieval open hall (c1400-1500)
A = a typical northern or western ‘Cruck’ framed house B = a typical southern or eastern ‘Wealden box frame’ house click on image to enlarge The origin of the medieval ‘open hall’ is thought to be an evolution of the Anglo-Saxon (AD 410 to 1066) aisled hall and lasted, unchanged, until the end of [...]
Posted: October 8th, 2008 under research.
Tags: buildings archaeology, med, medieval, medieval architecture, open hall, open hall image, timber-frame, timber-framed
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