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A Stoneworker's Story of Stone
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2011
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-60135-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-60135-2 (ISBN)
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This 1940 book is the record of a man who was born into an ancient family of stoneworkers and followed the traditional quarrying and stone-cutting in the last flourishing days of an industry since in decline. It gives a picture of a society self-contained and of a medieval craft organisation.
First published in 1940, this book is the record of a man who was born into an ancient family of stoneworkers and followed the traditional quarrying and stone-cutting in the last flourishing days of an industry since in decline. It is a first-hand account of a craft whose skill depended upon courage, traditional knowledge, strength of sinew, and a sense of the material worked in. It gives a picture of a society self-contained and of a medieval craft organisation. It is told with pride and without regret, and it shows as much knowledge of rugged humanity as of solid stone.
First published in 1940, this book is the record of a man who was born into an ancient family of stoneworkers and followed the traditional quarrying and stone-cutting in the last flourishing days of an industry since in decline. It is a first-hand account of a craft whose skill depended upon courage, traditional knowledge, strength of sinew, and a sense of the material worked in. It gives a picture of a society self-contained and of a medieval craft organisation. It is told with pride and without regret, and it shows as much knowledge of rugged humanity as of solid stone.
1. The isle; 2. Some disputed rights; 3. Silt or growth?; 4. Sights on marble; 5. 'Old Men' and plans; 6. Underground; 7. Haulage; 8. The use of tools; 9. Building stone; 10. Song and drink; 11. Pedigrees; 12. Mushroom merchants; 13. Quarrymen's villages; 14. The abandoned cliff; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2011 |
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Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 141 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 300 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Technik ► Bergbau | |
ISBN-10 | 1-107-60135-5 / 1107601355 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-107-60135-2 / 9781107601352 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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