Transfer of mathematical knowledge for building medieval cathedrals

DOI10.1007/S00004-017-0359-3zbMATH Open1398.00047OpenAlexW2770692737WikidataQ57719330 ScholiaQ57719330MaRDI QIDQ1800543FDOQ1800543

Authors: Josep Lluis i. Ginovart, Judith Urbano-Lorente, Mónica López Piquer 

Publication date: 24 October 2018

Published in: Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-017-0359-3

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zbMATH Keywords

heptagonoctagonmedieval geometryGothic cathedralsmathematics in middle agesTortosa cathedral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and architecture (00A67) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35)

Cites Work

• The semantics of Indian numerals in Arabic, Greek and Latin
• Gothic construction and the Traça of a heptagonal apse: the problem of the heptagon
• The Encyclopedia of Abraham Savasorda: A Departure in Mathematical Methodology

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