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01771aam a2200289 4500 001 4D368DEC05E311EA936CF50A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191113010024 008 130313s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 143513964X 020 $a 9781435139640 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Hislop, Malcolm. 245 1 $a How to build a cathedral : $b constructing the story of a Medieval masterpiece / $c Malcolm Hislop, author, Adam Hook, illustrator. 246 3 $a Cathedral. 264 1 $a New York : $b Metro Books by arrangement with Ivy Press, $c 2012. 300 $a 224 p. : $b ill. (some col.), maps ; $c 28 cm. 500 $a Gothic cathedrals are astonishing feats of construction and engineering, from a period before steel frames and machine tools, breathtaking in their scale and grandeur even hundreds of years after these historic symbols of the Christian faith were built. Focusing on the golden age of cathedral construction, How to build a Cathedral looks at each element of the structure in turn, from the ground plan to the topping out of the spire, and explains the medieval building process in detail. With text by a leading architectural historian, and sidebars telling the stories of the men behind the stones, this information-packed volume is an illuminating portrait of the genius of the medieval architect. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 221) and index. 541 $d 20190419. 650 4 $a Architecture, Medieval. 650 $a Cathedrals $z Europe $x History $x History $y To 1500. 650 $a Cathedrals $x History $y To 1500. 700 $a Hook, Adam, $e Illustrator. 941 $a 1 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20230310013916.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4D368DEC05E311EA936CF50A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search