Metal Ties in Genoa, Italy: Manufacture, Trade, and Use from the 15th to the 18th Century
| Autor: | Anna Boato |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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trade of iron
Visual Arts and Performing Arts media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies 020101 civil engineering Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Conservation Constructive ironworking 0201 civil engineering Genoa (Italy) State (polity) Political science 021105 building & construction Architecture construction history modern age media_common Archival documents building techniques construction history Genoa (Italy) ironworking metal tie rods modern age old-fashioned technical vocabulary trade of iron transport of iron Flourishing old-fashioned technical vocabulary Archival documents Oligarchy transport of iron Economy Work (electrical) metal tie rods Element (criminal law) Monopoly building techniques |
| DOI: | 10.6084/m9.figshare.7647353 |
| Popis: | The article deals with the use of metal ties in an ancient and stratified urban context, the city of Genoa, starting from the notarial documents preserved in its State Archives. The work has different objectives: to show the results that can be obtained, on an urban scale, thanks to a research path that compares indirect sources of different types with the observation of historical buildings; to highlight the “weight” and the role that the ties, often hidden, had in buildings, and not only the monumental ones; to increase knowledge of the production process of this constructive element. The wide and diversified use of metal ties found in Genoa seems to proceed in parallel, in the 15th century, with the development of a flourishing productive and mercantile business based on the commercial monopoly of the hematite of the island of Elba by the city oligarchy and, between the 16th and 17th centuries, with the huge investments in the construction sector highlighted by the abundant documentary sources. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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