The Knowledge of Carpenters from the Early Medieval Period to the Eighteenth Century in Setting Out Roofs and Buildings Without Geometry and Numerical Measurement
Paul Reed
Paul has been researching how medieval carpenters could set out roofs and buildings without the use of geometry and numerical measurement which wasn't established in England until 1588 by Elizabeth I.
His theory works spot on with the setting out of the oldest roof in England 1120d Kempley church, and it works on the Cressing Temple barns and the great Westminster hall in London. His paper was published in Vernacular Architecture 2020.
