Weigh House: A building type of a dutch Golden Century

Name: Weigh House: A building type of a dutch Golden Century
Brand: universi - Universitätsverlag Siegen
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By Karl Kiem

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Contents: Introduction; Multifunctional Trade Halls or the So-Called Weigh Houses [Deventer, Alkmaar, Nijmegen]; Conversions of Multifunctional Trade Halls [Enkhuizen, Dokkum]; Monofunctional Weigh Houses with Non-sliding Scales [Small Buildings; Friesian Drive-Through Type; Monumental Tower Type]; Monofunctional Weigh Houses with Sliding Scales [Early Forms (Antwerp, Amsterdam); Small Buildings (Schoonhoven, Edam); Functional Loggia Type (Hoorn, Monnickendam, Rotterdam); Synthesis of Functionality and Monumentality (Leiden, Gouda)]; Weigh House Equipment: - Weighing Equipment [Trolleys; Large Scales; Small Scales; Weighing Pans and Their Means of Suspension; Handbarrows to Transport Cheese; Weights; Storage and Shelves for the Weights; Bells; Butter Barrels; Commemorative Plaques and Lists of Fees; Upper Levels; Reliefs; Urban Context]; Function of the Weigh House: - Public Weigh House as a Facility to Regulate and Impose Taxes [Policy and Procedures Regulating the Imposition of Taxes; Cheese Markets; Hours of Operation; Fees; Assistants; Weigh Masters; Leaseholders]; Development of the Public Scale and Its Accommodation in Public Architecture [Antiquity; Middle Ages and the Renaissance; 17th-18th Centuries; Weigh House as a Building Type in Architectural Theory; Summary of the Development of the Weigh House in the Provinces of Holland and Friesland; Weigh House as a Building Type of the Golden Century in Holland]; Appendix [Catalogue of Buildings with a Weighing Function]; Plates; Literature; Source of Illustrations; Index; 20 Years Later

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 345
Release Date:: 2018-01-08
Publication Date:: 2018-01-08
Publisher:: universi - Universitätsverlag Siegen
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 3936533741
Weight:: 1040 g

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