Vernacular techniques and learned sources: How to connect buildings, books, and individuals in two seventeenth century manuscripts

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Abstract

Reading and writing architectural books is a broad issue in the early modern European world, usually connected with scholarly or at least cultivated courtly milieu. When searching the knowledge transmission methods regarding vernacular construction techniques these books seem almost useless. Yet, it is possible to identify some links between buildings, technical writings, and individuals, somehow allowing us to connect two supposedly separated worlds in architectural and construction culture: the vernacular and the learned.
Supported by an ongoing research project, we intend to highlight these links using two sources in particular: the architectural treatise read in 1631 by Mateus do Couto the Elder (ca.1581 – ca.1664), and the measurement's handbook of João Nunes Tinoco (1616 – 1690), both still extant in manuscript format. The examination of these sources reveals an entangled notion in what concerns construction materials and techniques, about which practical issues
seem to prevail, but where the ancient citations back up are sometimes still required.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAtas do IV Congresso Internacional de História da Construção Luso-Brasileira
Subtitle of host publicationAmbientes em Mudança
EditorsPaulo B. Lourenço, Carlos Maia, Arnaldo Sousa Melo, Clara Pimenta do Vale
Place of PublicationGuimarães
PublisherUniversidade do Minho (Portugal)
Pages775-786
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)978-989-54496-9-9
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2023
Event4º Congresso Internacional de História da Construção Luso-Brasileira - Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal
Duration: 4 Sept 20237 Sept 2023
https://civil.uminho.pt/eventos/cihclb-4o-congresso-internacional-de-historia-da-construcao-luso-brasileira/

Conference

Conference4º Congresso Internacional de História da Construção Luso-Brasileira
Abbreviated title4CIHCLB
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityGuimarães
Period4/09/237/09/23
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Keywords

  • Construction Techniques
  • Architectural Writings
  • Vernacular Knowledge Transmission
  • Vernacular Vaults

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