Timber - from the "Ten Books of Architecture"
As we work in wood, one can not help but find reference to renesance woodworkers. “There is a tendency to dismiss Roman architecture as a shallow derivative of what the Greeks had previously invented, but to the contrary, there was a revolution in architectural thought taking place about two thousand years ago that undermines this mythology. These Romans had developed fresh ideas about spatial planning, ornamental technique, grandiosity in scale, and new kinds of materials to use for construction (like concrete). Many were discussed by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, who, after retiring from Julius Caesar's vanquishing army, changed careers and became an architect. We know him as Vitruvius, and he wrote Ten Books on Architecture, which became a comprehensive guide of tips and techniques needed to solve all sorts of thorny problems in construction. By the early 1400s, Ten Books on Architecture had become compulsory reading for aspiring architects and builders everywhere. http...
