Scope and Content of Collection
A series of architectural drawings, executed in ink and pencil, of 13th and 14th centuries English, French, Dutch and Belgian
vernacular buildings, consisting of ground plans, site plans, structural details, and elevations, some 800 items in all, as
well as some photostats, photographs, and maps. Produced in collaboration with Walter Horn as part of an unpublished study
of medieval 3-aisled timber halls, they document churches, tithe barns, manor halls, hospitals, and market halls, representing
over fifty buildings, 30 English, 20 French, one Dutch, and one Belgian.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged by countries, in 3 series:
Series I: Architectural drawings: French barns, ca. 1944-ca. 1981;
Series II. Architectural drawings: Dutch and Belgian barns, ca. 1944-ca. 1981;
Series III. Architectural drawings: English barns, ca. 1944-ca. 1981.
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