Tools and Techniques of the Roman Stonemason in Britain

Blagg, T. F. C.

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“…The unfinished condition and the lack of secure context make assertions over the date of the stone problematic. The surviving condition of the pillar is such that individual tool marks survive on all surfaces, indicating that the stone was roughed out and shaped using robust iron tools including points, chisels and perhaps a stonemason's adze (Blagg 1976). Marking-out lines produced by a mason's fine graver are also present.…”

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“…Wilhelm"s scheme proved far too ambitious to come to fruition, however, and later attempts focused on gathering material from limited geographical regions (see e.g. Blagg 1976;Meimaris 1992) or specific time periods (see e.g. Gray 1948;Jeffery 1990).…”

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A New Method for Studying the Lettering of Inscriptions From Ancient Macedonia Using Modern Information Technology

Nigdelis¹,

Vouronikou²,

Anagnostoudis³

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IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education

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This paper presents the methodological background and initial results of the research work carried out as part of an ongoing project, co-financed by the Greek Government and the European Union (MIS 5004509). Although ancient Greek epigraphy is an important tool for the advancement of historical research and has repeatedly demonstrated its potential for invigorating classical studies, the use of inscriptions as source material often poses particular problems for epigraphists and researchers alike, especially when the text does not provide reliable chronological criteria other than the style of lettering and letter form. Recognizing the importance of photographs of securely datable inscriptions for the study of Greek epigraphy, the project aims at collecting photographic illustrations for as many securely dated inscriptions from ancient Macedonia as possible and integrating the material into an easy-to-use epigraphic database. The usefulness of the database for the study of lettering in Ancient Macedonia from the 4th century B.C.E onwards is presented with particular regard to the so-called "First Macedonian District".

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“…An alternative form of square was the libellus, consisting of an A-shaped frame with a plumbob attached to its apex. 66 The libellus also functioned as a level, 67 although it was not accurate over a distance. 68 Although Vitruvius mentions this instrument while describing the construction of floors and the levelling of stylobates prior to the erection of columns, it is worth considering whether the use of some sort of levelling instrument would have been necessary during the laying-out of buildings on site, given the well-known fact that measurements become distorted if they are not taken on the horizontal.…”

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Military Architects and Building Design in Roman Britain

Evans

1994

Britannia

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Possible standard units of measurement in Roman military planning,' Britannia xii (1981), 13-36. 2 T.F.C. Blagg, 'Roman civil and military architecture in the province of Britain,' World Arch, xii (1980), 27-42. 3 The other ancient source which should perhaps be mentioned is pseudo-Hyginus, De munitionibus castmrum. The author of this treatise is, however, concerned with the rational deployment of prefabricated entities (i.e. tents), and his preoccupations cannot be expected to be those of the architect who was not primarily concerned with how many people could be fitted into a given space. 4 Vitruvius, De architectura I.praef. 2 ; I.iv.i. 5 G. Webster, The Roman Imperial Army (3rd edn, 1985), 158. 6 Vitruvius VII.praef. 10-18. 7 Thus Faventinus (//. c. A.D. 300); K. Plommer, Vitruvius and Later Roman Building Manuals (1973), introduction passim. A distinction should, however, be made between the principles upon which the design process was based, and the details through which the individual architect expressed himself, see T.F.C. Blagg, 'Reconstruction of Roman decorated architecture,' in P.J. Drury (ed.), Structural Reconstruction, BAR n o (1982). 131-52. 8 Walthew, op. cit. (note 1), 18.

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Tools and Techniques of the Roman Stonemason in Britain

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