Title
The squads in the mason marks of the vila d'horta de sant joan (S. XIV)
Other title
Las escuadras en las marcas de cantero de la vila d' horta de sant joan (S. XIV)
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Josep Lluís I.G.
Agustí Costa I.J.
Piquer M.L.
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Publisher(s)
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
Abstract
In the apse of the Church of Horta de Sant Joan (1316), there are a large mason marks squads. The objective is to determine the extent and proportionality of this instrument and its possible use in the medieval factory. The approach is to determine the performance of the squad rotation, especially in staking pentagonal apse. The squads are used as an abacus for constructing regular polygons. These instruments, by small adjustments and calibrations, allow very effective results for the construction of polygons 11, 13, 14, 17 or 19 sides, that do not appear in mathematicis sources, or in the few codices Practica Geometriae.
Start page
194
End page
203
Volume
22
Issue
31
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Arte Arquitectura y urbanismo
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85035237579
Source
EGA Revista de Expresion Grafica Arquitectonica
ISSN of the container
11336137
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