Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	1501
Title	Medieval Woodworking: From Texts to Instruments
Date/Time	Thursday 14 July 2005: 09.00-10.30
Sponsor	AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Science, Technology and Art in the Middle Ages
Organiser	Steven A. Walton, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University
Moderator/Chair	Catherine Eagleton, Department of Coins & Medals, British Museum, London
Paper 1501-a	Mortice or Tenon: Medieval Woodworking in Craft Treatises (Language: English) Steven A. Walton, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University Index Terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography; Technology
Paper 1501-b	Woodworking Evidence in Henri Arnault of Zwolle's 15th-Century Musical Instrument Manuscript (Language: English) Lewis Jones, Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media & Design, London Metropolitan University Index Terms: Music; Technology
Paper 1501-c	Might Medieval Luthiers Have Been Geometers?: Proportional Design and Stringed Musical Instruments before 1400 (Language: English) Alice C. Margerum, Carved Strings, Hancock Index Terms: Music; Technology
Paper 1501-d	Early 15th-Century Tools and Methods of the Woodworker: Modern Reflections (Language: English) Andrew M. Atkinson, Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media & Design, London Metropolitan University Index Terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography; Technology
Abstract	This session will look at objects and texts in medieval woodworking - how did medieval craftsmen make wooden objetcs, and how was the craft written about? The four papers in this session will take evidence from texts, objects and reconstructions as a starting point for discussion of woodworking in theory and practice.