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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
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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
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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
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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
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Volume 13
Number 1
(2003)

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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, 200321
AVISTA Sessions at the 37th Medieval Congress, 200225
AVISTA Sessions at the Leeds Medieval Conference, 200228
Bulletin Board

31
Minutes of the AVISTA Business Meeting

32
Notes for Contributors

33
Editorial Board and Membership Application

34
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Volume 12
Number 2
(Fall 2001)

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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
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Volume 12
Number 1
(Fall 1999)

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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
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Volume 11
Number 2
(Fall 1998)

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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 Sessions4
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
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Volume 10
Number 2
(Fall 1997)
Volume 11
Number 1
(Spring 1998)
Double Issue

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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
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Volume 10
Number 1
(Fall 1996)

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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
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Volume 9
Number 2
(Fall 1995)

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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
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Volume 9
Number 1
(Spring 1995)

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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
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Volume 8
Number 2
(Fall 1994)

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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
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Volume 8
Number 1
(Spring 1994)

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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
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Volume 7
Number 2
(Fall 1993)

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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
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Volume 7
Number 1
(Spring 1993)

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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
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Volume 6
Number 2
(Fall 1992)

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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
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Volume 6
Number 1
(Fall 1991)

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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
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Volume 5
Number 2
(Spring 1991)

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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
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Volume 5
Number 1
(Fall 1990)

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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
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Volume 4
Number 2
(Spring 1990)

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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
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Volume 4
Number 1
(Fall 1989)

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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
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Volume 3
Number 2
(Spring 1989)

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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
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Volume 3
Number 1
(Fall 1988)

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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
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Volume 2
Number 2
(Spring 1988)

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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
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Volume 2
Number 1
(Fall 1987)

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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
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Volume 1
Number 2
(Spring 1987)

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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
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Volume 1
Number 1
(Fall 1986)

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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
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