La géométrie des architectes byzantins
Abstract
The Use οf Geometry by Byzantine Architects
In this article is discussed the view of architectural planning under the use of geometrical drawings. The analysis of certain examples reveals that Byzantine architects were familiar in applying both mathematics and geometry to their plan drawings and that they also used architectural plans before they would initiate of any building activity. This is indirectly corroborated by the study of several Byzantine churches where the above principles can actually be detected. The cathedral church of Saint Sophia at Benevento of Campania is an interesting case study whose plan seems to have been influenced by the fourth book of Euclid's Elements.
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KORAĆ, V. (1999). La géométrie des architectes byzantins. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 20, 99–104. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.1198
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