The Cathedral Builders

The Cathedral Builders: The Story of a Great Masonic Guild is a historical book written by Scott Leader. The book tells the story of the great masonic guilds that were responsible for building some of the most magnificent cathedrals in Europe during the Middle Ages. The book explores the techniques, tools, and materials used by these skilled craftsmen to build these awe-inspiring structures, as well as the social and cultural context in which they worked. The book also examines the role of the masonic guilds in medieval society, including their organization, hierarchy, and relationships with other guilds and with the Church. The author draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources to provide a comprehensive and engaging account of this fascinating period in European history. The Cathedral Builders is a must-read for anyone interested in medieval history, architecture, or the history of the masonic guilds.1899. In most histories of Italian art we are conscious of a vast hiatus of several centuries, between the ancient classic art of Rome - which was in its decadence when the Western Empire ceased in the 5th century after Christ - and that early rise of art in the 12th century which led to the Renaissance. This hiatus is generally supposed to be a time when art was utterly dead and buried, its corpse in Byzantine dress lying embalmed in its tomb at Ravenna. Contents: Romano-Lombard architects; first foreign emigrations of the Comacines; Romanesque architects; Italian - Gothic and Renaissance architects. Illustrated.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.