商品簡介
Fourteen contributions consider medieval technology, science, and art from a range of academic perspectives. The volume opens with some reflections on the work of Jean Gimpel (1918-1996), who helped establish the history of medieval technology as a discipline. Sample topics include costumes in the portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt, technical aspects of Gothic spires, and Euclidean geometry in the Early Middle Ages. The essays are based upon papers presented at AVISTA's 35th International Congress on Medieval Studies, held at Western Michigan U. in May 2000. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
