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Contents Title Dedication Epigraph Contents List of Figures List of Maps List of Plates List of Tables Preface Chapter 1: Introduction A Note On Monuments And Previous Scholarship How to Use This Book The Nature of Roman Concrete Concrete Vaulting During the Republic Structural Behavior of Concrete Vaults Roman Mathematical and Analytical Background Materials, Transport and Production The Building Industry in Rome The Innovations Chapter 2: Centering and Formwork Assembling the Centering Removing Centering and Formwork The Use of Brick Linings on the Intrados of Vaults Evidence for Centering Arrangements Barrel Vaults Cross Vaults Domes and Semidomes Conclusions Chapter 3: Ingredients: Mortar and Caementa Mortar Lime Pozzolana Cocciopesto Caementa Provenance of Caementa Conclusions Chapter 4 - Amphoras in Vaults Types of Amphoras Used Early Examples of Amphoras in Vaults Examples of Amphoras in Late Antique Vaults Conclusions Chapter 5: Vaulting Ribs Early Development of Vaulting Ribs and Relieving Arches Vaulting Ribs at the Colosseum Solid Brick Ribbing Ladder/Lattice Ribs in Barrel Vaults Ladder/Lattice Ribs in Groin Vaults Ribbing in Domes Conclusions Chapter 6: Metal Clamps and Tie Bars The Earliest Use of Tie Bars Tie Bars at the Imperial Thermae Tie Bars at the Forum of Trajan Spacing of Tie Bars The Use of Tie Bars with Lightweight Caementa Metal Bars and Impost Blocks at Hadrian's Villa Conclusions Chapter 7: Vault Behavior and Buttressing Arches and Barrel Vaults Cross Vaults Domes and Semidomes Conclusions Chapter 8: Structural Analysis: History and Case Studies Historical Development Basilica Ulpia Temple of Mercury at Baiae Pantheon Minerva Medica Conclusions Chapter 9: Innovations in Context Accumulated Knowledge Evident Need Economic Ability Social/Cultural/Political Acceptability Appendix 1: Catalogue of Monuments Appendix 2: Catalogues of Building Techniques A - Formwork Imprints on Barrel Vaults B - Formwork imprints on Domes C - Formwork Imprints on Semidomes D - Brick Linings E - Uses of Cocciopesto to Protect Vaults F - Lightweight Caementa G - Amphoras in Vaults H - Vaulting Ribs I - Blocks with Tie Bar Cuttings Appendix 3: Scoria Analysis Appendix 4: Thrust Line Analysis End Notes Glossary Works Cited Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Vaults (Architecture) -- Rome -- Design and construction -- History -- to 1500.
Concrete domes -- Rome -- Design and construction -- History -- to 1500.
Rome -- Antiquities.