AVISTA Forum Journal

The Association Villard de Honnecourt for Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science and Art publishes AVISTA Forum Journal annually in November. The journal contains articles, notes, queries, and reviews of significant articles in other journals as well as information on pending conferences relevant to the Association.

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Volume 18 Number 1 (Fall 2008) Volume 17 Number 1 (Fall 2007) Volume 16 Number 1 (Fall 2006) Volume 15 Number 1 (Fall 2005) Volume 14 Number 1 (Fall 2004) Volume 13 Number 2 (Fall 2003) Volume 13 Number 1 (Spring 2003) Volume 12 Number 2 (Fall 2001) Volume 12 Number 1 (Fall 1999) Volume 11 Number 2 (Fall 1998) Volume 11 Number 1 (Spring 1998)and Volume 10 Number 2 (Fall 1997) Volume 10 Number 1 (Fall 1996) Volume 9 Number 2 (Fall 1995) Volume 9 Number 1 (Spring 1995) Volume 8 Number 2 (Fall 1994) Volume 8 Number 1 (Spring 1994) Volume 7 Number 2 (Fall 1993) Volume 7 Number 1 (Spring 1993) Volume 6 Number 2 (Fall 1992) Volume 6 Number 1 (Fall 1991) Volume 5 Number 2 (Spring 1991) Volume 5 Number 1 (Fall 1990) Volume 4 Number 2 (Spring 1990) Volume 4 Number 1 (Fall 1989) Volume 3 Number 2 (Spring 1989) Volume 3 Number 1 (Fall 1988) Volume 2 Number 2 (Spring 1988) Volume 2 Number 1 (Fall 1987) Volume 1 Number 2 (Spring 1987) Volume 1 Number 1 (Fall 1986)

Volume 17 Number 1/2 (Fall 2007)

President's Letter 1 AVISTA at Kalamazoo 2008 2 Articles William Ivins and the 'Exactly Repeatable Pictorial Statement': Revisiting the Early Scientific Image Jean A. Givens 3 Sidereal Remedies: Healing and the Stars in Newberry Library Ayer 746 Michael Ryan 8 An Essay on Villard de Honnecourt and Cambrai Cathedral Carl F. Barnes, Jr. 21 A Very Strange 'Scientific' Text David Sorenson 21 AVISTA at Kalamazoo 2007 De Aedificatione I: Towers 30 De Aedification II: Planning and Laying Out 36 De Aedification III: Making the Ideal Real 44 (Re)build It and They Will Come: Reconstructing Medieval and Renaissance Technology 47 From Field to Table: Technologies of Food 54 Kalamazoo Roundup 2007 57 Dissertations 83 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 89 Membership Application 92 General Style Guide 93 Submissions 93 [back to top]

Volume 16 Number 1/2 (Fall 2006)

President's Letter 2 AVISTA at Kalamazoo 2007 4 Articles A Novel Reconstruction of the Body Armor from Sutton Hoo: Experimentation with Designs Based on Seventh-century Pictorial Evidence David Horvath 5 The Geometrical Structure of Strasbourg Plan A: A Hypothetical Step-by-step Reconstruction Robert Bork 14 The Salisbury Spire Scaffold Debate Continues... Daniel H. Miles 23 AVISTA at Kalamazoo 2006: The Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel Medieval Navigational Instruments 28 Medieval Travel and the Fine Arts 32 Medieval Journeys, Charted and Uncharted 36 Medieval Travel in Theory and Practice 40 Medieval Vehicles and Logistics 43 Kalamazoo Roundup 2006 47 Books and Dissertations 78 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 84 Membership Application 87 General Style Guide 87 [back to top]

Volume 14 Number 1 (Fall 2004)

President's Letter 2 AVISTA at Kalamazoo 2005 4 Articles 'Conversing with winged birds': The Vaulting of Lincoln Cathedral Nigel Hiscock 5 The Social Milieu of Bald's Leechbook Stephanie Hollis 11 Adjustments for the Innovative: Installing a Rose Window into the North Facade of Saint-Etienne, Beauvais Elaine M. Beretz 17 Forum Column Review Essay Steve Walton 25 AVISTA at Kalamazoo 2004 Ars Practica I: Wood 29 Ars Practica II: Process and Production 36 Ars Practica III: Workshops 43 Ars Practica IV: Minting 49 Kalamazoo Roundup 2004 51 In Memoriam 80 Dissertations 81 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 84 General Style Guide 86 Submissions 87 Membership Application 87 [back to top]

Volume 13 Number 2 (Fall 2003)

President's Letter 3 AVISTA at Kalamazoo 2004 4 Articles The Social Organization of Labor Thomas Brunton 5 The Old English Pharmacopoeia Maria Amalia D'Aronco 9 Book Reviews A Book of Note: Review and Commentary Lynn T. Courtenay 19 Forum Column How Many Built All the Churches John James 23 AVISTA at Kalamazoo 2003 Art Technology and Sciences: Interdisciplinary Studies - A Panel Discussion 25 Art Technology and Sciences: Interdisciplinary Studies 37 Illustrating Medieval Medicine and the Natural Sciences 41 Kalamazoo Roundup 2003 51 Dissertations of Interest 77 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 79 [back to top]

Volume 13 Number 1 (2003) View this issue (pdf file)

Articles Written in Stone: The impact of the properties of quarried stone on the design of medieval sculpture Janet Snyder 1 Oh Master, You're Wonderful! The Problem of Labor in the Ornamental Sculpture of the Chartres Royal Portal Vibeke Olson 6 Dendrochronology for Medieval Studies Lynn T. Courtenay 13 Reviews Angevin Architecture in the Kingdom of Naples: a review of recent studies Michael T. Davis 18 Conference Notes AVISTA Sessions at the 38th Medieval Congress, 2003 21 AVISTA Sessions at the 37th Medieval Congress, 2002 25 AVISTA Sessions at the Leeds Medieval Conference, 2002 28 Bulletin Board 31 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 32 Notes for Contributors 33 Editorial Board and Membership Application 34 [back to top]

Volume 12 Number 2 (Fall 2001) View this issue (pdf file)

In Memoriam: Lawrence Hoey 2 AVISTA Sessions at the Thirty-Sixth Medieval Congress The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice - Bridging the Evidence 3 Sessions on Stone sponsored by AVISTA and ICMA 11 Villardiana The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt Abstracts from the Medieval Congress, 2000 13 Villard's Literacy: a review Carl F. Barnes, Jr. 15 What's in a Name? The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt Carl F. Barnes, Jr. 14 Articles Carolingian Buildings at Aachen: Their Dating and Meaning Warren Sanderson 5 Wood, Casks, and Baltic Trade: Analytical Prospects of a Sixteenth-Century Shipwreck Martin R. Manders 25 Bulletin Board Online Resources and Conferences 2002 30 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 79 [back to top]

Volume 12 Number 1 (Fall 1999) View this issue (pdf file)

Directors and Officers 2 AVISTA News AVISTA Website 2 AVISTA Sessions: Medieval Congress 2000 2 Call for Papers: AVISTA Sessions: Medieval Congress 2001 3 Articles Warrior Kings and Savvy Abbots: The Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise Margaret M. Williams 4 A Critical Account of Suger's Architecture at Saint-Denis Lawrence R. Hoey 12 Making Sense of Root 2 Nigel Hiscock 20 Bulletin Board Grants 28 Conference Calendar 29 Online 31 Exhibitions 32 Notes for Contributors 33 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 33 Editorial Board and Deadline for Spring 2000 Issue 35 [back to top]

Volume 11 Number 2 (Fall 1998) View this issue (pdf file)

Directors and Officers 2 Call for Papers: AVISTA Sessions in Honor of Jean Gimpel: International Congress on Medieval Studies 2000 2 AVISTA Sessions: Medieval Congress 1999 3 Abstracts of AVISTA Sessions 4 Articles Hugues Libergier and His Instruments Nancy Wu 7 Gleanings from the 1253 Building Account of Westminster Abbey A. Richard Jones 13 Reviews Michael V. Schwartz, Li Sepouture dun Sarrazin Carl Barnes, Jr. 32 Robert G. Caulkins, Medieval Architecture in Western Europe Carl Barnes, Jr. 33 Bulletin Board Sites 34 Electronic Addresses 34 Grants 34 Publications and Resources 35 Conference Calendar 36 Exhibitions and Museums 39 Editorial Board and Deadline for Summer 1999 Issue 39 [back to top]

Volume 10 Number 2 (Fall 1997) Volume 11 Number 1 (Spring 1998) Double Issue View this issue (pdf file)

Directors 2 AVISTA Sessions: Medieval Congress 1998 2 In the News: Assisi and Pisa 3 Articles Jean Gimpel and Villard de Honnecourt Roland Bechman 3 Medieval Masons at Work Robert Ousterhout 5 Byzantine Influence at Saint-Front at Périgueux Annemarie Sawkins 7 Twelfth-century Stained Glass Technology Donald Royce-Roll 13 Saint-Denis Studies Could Suger Have Built the Choir of Saint-Denis in Four Years? John James 23 A Structural Analysis of the Choir Vaulting Fernando Espinoza 25 Holy Toledo Robert Bork 31 Bulletin Board Electronic Addresses 37 Publications 38 Grants, Organizations and Programs 38 Conference Calendar 40 Exhibitions 45 Notes for Contributors 45 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 46 Editorial Board and Deadline for Fall 1998 Issue 47 [back to top]

Volume 10 Number 1 (Fall 1996) View this issue (pdf file)

Directors 2 Bulletin Board 2 Farewell to a Friend: Jean Gimpel 3 From the President 4 AVISTA Sessions: 1996 Medieval Congress 5 Articles The Work of Count Galeran Stephen Gardner and John James 9 Knights and Ladies at the Door Janet Snyder 10 The Plan of Saint-Urbain, Troyes Michael T. Davis 15 The Architectural Envelope of the Sainte-Chapelle Stephen Murray 21 Reviews Beat Brenk and Daniel Weiss on the Sainte-Chapelle Walter Cahn on Richard of Saint Victor's Ezekiel Commentary Michael T. Davis 25 Marion Archibald et al, on Coin Dies from London Alan M. Stahl 30 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 31 Activities...Past, Present, Future 33 AVISTA Membership Application 39 Editorial Board and Deadline for Spring 1997 Issue 39 [back to top]

Volume 9 Number 2 (Fall 1995) View this issue (pdf file)

Directors 2 Bulletin Board 2 AVISTA Sessions: 1996 Medieval Congress 3 Articles Chartres Paul Cardinal Poupard 4 The Final Chevet Design of Toulouse's Jacobin Church Richard A. Sundt 7 Conservation and Historical Considerations Wendy M. Watson 16 Article Reviews Robert Mark and Ahmet Çakmak - Hagia Sophia from the Age of Justinian to the Present Mark J. Johnson 21 Maureen C. Miller - From Episcopal to Communal Palaces: Places of Power in Northern Italy (1000-1250) Robert Russell 22 Richard Kieckhefer - The Specific Rationality of Medieval Magic Pamela O. Long 23 Petra J.E.M. van Dam - To Dig: Labour and Holland's Labour Market ca. 1510 Pamela O. Long 24 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 25 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 27 Activities...Past, Present, Future 29 Exhibitions 30 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 31 AVISTA Membership Application 31 Editorial Board and Deadline for Spring 1996 Issue 32 [back to top]

Volume 9 Number 1 (Spring 1995) View this issue (pdf file)

Directors 2 Call for Papers: AVISTA Sessions: 1996 Medieval Congress 2 Bulletin Board 2 Some Aesthetic Implications of Multiplication of the Species 3 Article Reviews New Studies of Canterbury Cathedral Lawrence Hoey 6 The Chateau at Vincennes Michael T. Davis 9 Design and Metrology Radian Measure in the Beauvais Hemicycle? Hiram Barton 11 Medieval Units of Measure John James 12 AVISTA Sessions: 1995 Medieval Congress Villard de Honnecourt: his life and afterlife 14 Abstracts of AVISTA Sessions 14 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 15 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 17 Activities...Past, Present, Future 19 Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting 23 AVISTA Membership Application 23 Editorial Board and Deadline for Fall 1995 Issue 24 [back to top]

Volume 8 Number 2 (Fall 1994) View this issue (pdf file)

Directors 2 AVISTA Sessions: 1995 Medieval Congress Science, Technology and Gothic Art 3 Review Article: Return to Beauvais 7 Architectural Studies: Reviews and a Reply Early Christian Buildings 12 Orvieto Cathedral 12 Remote Sensing at Chartres Cathedral 13 In Brief The Medieval Architect's Computer: The Compass Hiram Barton 14 Architectural Design and Geometrical Analysis John James 14 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 14 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 16 Activities...Past, Present, Future 19 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 23 AVISTA Membership Application 23 Editorial Board and Deadline for Spring 1995 Issue 24 [back to top]

Volume 8 Number 1 (Spring 1994) View this issue (pdf file)

Directors 2 AVISTA-ANS Sessions: 1994 Medieval Congress Call for Papers:1995 AVISTA Sessions 3 Abstracts for AVISTA-ANS Sessions 3 Reviews of Articles Beauvais Cathedral and Ebrach Abbey 5 Saint-Maclou in Rouen 7 Remote Sensing at Chartres Cathedral 8 Liturgy and Meaning in the Sculpture of Chartres 9 The Mine as Workplace 10 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 11 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 12 Activities...Past, Present, Future 19 Editorial Board and Deadline for Fall 1994 Issue 23 AVISTA Membership Application 23 [back to top]

Volume 7 Number 2 (Fall 1993) View this issue (pdf file)

Castello IV 1 Directors 2 AVISTA Sessions 2 Work in Progress The Abbey Church of Notre-Dame at Jumieges 8 Rievaulx Abbey 8 In Brief In Defense of Toichology 9 A Northern Master for Clermont-Ferrand? 9 Olive Oil and Machines 10 Reviews of Articles Two Studies on Medieval Treadwheels 11 Monastic Architecture for Women 12 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 13 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 19 Activities...Past, Present, Future 22 Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting of AVISTA 25 Bulletin Board 26 Editorial Board and Deadline for Spring 1994 Issue 27 AVISTA Membership Application 27 [back to top]

Volume 7 Number 1 (Spring 1993) View this issue (pdf file)

The View from Honnecourt 1 Directors 2 Bulletin Board 2 Call for Papers 2 AVISTA Sessions 3 Abstracts 3 New Light on Old Stones 4 Reviews of Articles Astronomy and Science, Flying Buttresses, Narbonne Cathedral 7 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 12 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 13 Activities...Past, Present, Future 16 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 18 Editorial Board and Deadline for Fall 1993 Issue 19 AVISTA Membership Application 19 [back to top]

Volume 6 Number 2 (Fall 1992) View this issue (pdf file)

A Note from the President 1 Directors 2 Bulletin Board 2 Call for Papers 3 Annual Business Meeting of AVISTA, May 1993 3 Notes and Queries 4 In the News 4 Rib Vaults in Italy 5 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 7 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 8 Activities...Past, Present, Future 12 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 18 Editorial Board and Deadline for Spring 1993 Issue 19 AVISTA Membership Application 19 [back to top]

Volume 6 Number 1 (Fall 1991) View this issue (pdf file)

Editorial 1 Directors 2 Call for Papers 2 Annual Business Meeting of AVISTA, May 1992 2 From the President 3 AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo, May 1992 3 In Memoriam: Thomas W. Lyman 4 Book Review: Bestiaries 4 Reviews of Articles Ubar 5 Italian Architecture 5 View of Saint-Maur 7 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 7 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 8 Activities...Past, Present, Future 11 Abstracts, AVISTA Sessions 15 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 17 Editorial Board and Deadline for Fall 1992 Issue 18 AVISTA Membership Application 18 [back to top]

Volume 5 Number 2 (Spring 1991) View this issue (pdf file)

Call to Arms 1 From the Editor: News 2 Call for Papers 4 From the President 5 Reviews of Articles Recent Villard Studies 5 Medieval Technology 7 Medieval Economics 9 Notes and Queries 11 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 11 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 13 Activities...Past, Present, Future 17 Annual Business Meeting of AVISTA 20 Editorial Board 22 AVISTA Membership Application 22 [back to top]

Volume 5 Number 1 (Fall 1990) View this issue (pdf file)

From the Editor: Power Games 1 Call for Papers 4 AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo, May 1991 4 AVISTA Sessions 1986-1992 5 From the President 5 Reviews of Articles An Unfinished Lintel, Villard, The Shroud of Turin 6 Abstracts: AVISTA Sessions 12 Abstracts: 24th Annual Meeting of MESA 15 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 16 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 17 Activities...Past, Present, Future 21 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 25 Annual Business Meeting of AVISTA 26 Editorial Board and Deadline for Spring 1991 Issue 27 AVISTA Membership Application 27 [back to top]

Volume 4 Number 2 (Spring 1990) View this issue (pdf file)

From the Editor: The Technology of Symbols 1 Call for Papers - AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo, May 1991 3 Program - AVISTA Sessions May 1990 4 Abstracts - AVISTA Sessions May 1990 4 Notes and Queries 6 Exhibition Reviews 7 Reviews of Articles Economics/Technology/Money/Alchemy 8 Sculpture, Architecture , Villard 11 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 13 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 16 Activities...Past, Present, Future 17 New European Books and Journals 20 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 21 Editorial Board and Deadline for Fall 1990 Issue 23 AVISTA Membership Application 23 [back to top]

Volume 4 Number 1 (Fall 1989) View this issue (pdf file)

From the Editor: Catastrophe and Technology 1 Call for Papers - AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo, May 1991 3 Program - AVISTA Sessions May 1990 3 Villardiana 4 Basement Ballistics 5 Notes and Queries 10 Reply to Of Quarks and Chisels 11 Reviews of Articles Astronomy and Mathematics 11 Medieval Stonecutting and Villard 14 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 15 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 19 Activities...Past, Present, Future 22 New European Books and Journals 27 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 28 Minutes, 1989 Annual Business Meeting 29 Editorial Board and Deadline for Spring 1990 Issue 31 AVISTA Membership Application 31 [back to top]

Volume 3 Number 2 (Spring 1989) View this issue (pdf file)

From the Editor: Of Quarks and Chisels 1 Message from the President 2 Call for Papers - AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo, May 1990 3 Program - AVISTA Sessions May 1989 4 Notes and Queries 4 Book Review - Vida y Técnica en el Renacimiento: Manuscrito de Francisco Lobato, vecino de Medina del Campo 5 Reviews of Articles Science, Mathematics, Technology, and Metallurgy 7 Medieval Drawings and Manuscripts 12 AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo: Abstracts 15 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 16 News from Members and Affiliated Societies 19 Activities...Past, Present, Future 20 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 25 Editorial Board and Deadline for Fall 1989 Issue 27 AVISTA Membership Application 27 [back to top]

Volume 3 Number 1 (Fall 1988) View this issue (pdf file)

Message from the President 1 Call for Papers - AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo, May 1990 2 Program - AVISTA Sessions May 1989 3 Notes and Queries 4 Reviews of Articles Marjorie N. Boyer on Wheels in History 5 Constance H. Berman on Medieval Misogyny 6 George Saliba on Islamic Mathematics and Science 6 Bert S. Hall on Military Architecture 8 Pamela O. Long on The Social Functions of Late Medieval Anatomy 10 Papers on Medieval/Early Modern Technology read at SHOT 11 News and Announcements 14 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 15 New Periodicals 18 Activities...Past, Present, Future 18 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 24 Minutes, 1988 Annual Business Meeting 26 Editorial Board 27 AVISTA Membership Application 27 [back to top]

Volume 2 Number 2 (Spring 1988) View this issue (pdf file)

On the Invisible City 1 Kalamazoo 1988, AVISTA Schedule 2 Call for Topics 2 From the Ground Up: Building Technology in the Middle Ages (Kalamazoo Sessions) 3 Reviews of Articles 6 Art and Politics 10 Notes and Queries 13 Notes from Members and Affiliated Associations 14 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 17 Activities...Past, Present, Future 19 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 21 Deadline, Fall 1988 Issue 22 Notes from the President 22 Corrections 22 AVISTA Membership Application 23 [back to top]

Volume 2 Number 1 (Fall 1987) View this issue (pdf file)

In Memoriam: Lynn White, Jr. 1 Nominations for Officers and Board Members 2 AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo 2 Call for Topics 2 Notes and Queries 3 Reviews of Articles 5 Work in Progress 6 Robert Mark: A Review of John Fitchen's Building Construction Before Mechanization 9 News and Notes from AVISTA Members 11 Affiliated Societies 13 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 14 Activities...Past, Present, Future 17 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 21 Directory of AVISTA Members 22 Minutes of the Annual Meeting 26 Notes from the Editor 27 AVISTA Membership Application 27 [back to top]

Volume 1 Number 2 (Spring 1987) View this issue (pdf file)

Why Join AVISTA Now? 1 AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo 1 Call for Papers 2 Reviews of Articles 3 Notes and Queries 5 News and Notes from AVISTA Members 6 Affiliated Societies 13 Activities...Past, Present, Future 11 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 14 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 16 Notes from the Editor 18 Work in Progress 18 AVISTA Membership Application 19 [back to top]

Volume 1 Number 1 (Fall 1986) View this issue (pdf file)

Beginning and Interdisciplinary Dialogue 1 Why AVISTA? 1 Abstracts: AVISTA Papers on the Technical Revolution 4 Recent and Forthcoming Papers 8 Activities...Past, Present, Future 10 Report from the Association Villard de Honnecourt in France 11 Works in Progress 11 Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of AVISTA 12 Bibliography of AVISTA Library 13 AVISTA Membership Application 15 [back to top]

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