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18 March

1218 death of Radulphe (III)
1754 death of Germain Boffrand

normal?
infinite collection
1998.03.18

Friends of Tacony Creek Park
1999.03.18

Re: E-M~A ARCHITECTURE
2000.03.18
Re: Architectural theories, again
2000.03.18

Re: architecture and nature...
2004.03.18 12:51
architecture and human nature...
2004.03.18 17:31

Campo Marzio discoveries
Thermantia and Melania
Trumbauer calendar
Trumbauer Convention papers
2004.03.18

did any artists make resevations?
2005.03.18 12:39

Iconography, or the problem of representation
2006.03.18 10:42
2006.03.18 11:19
2006.03.18 14:21
Interactive Facades
2006.03.18 10:50
"Breaking The Japanese Grid"
2006.03.18 11:11

08031801.db Palais House 10: Museum, plan development
08031802.db Wave Wall House, model

09031801.db IQ, model, section 4

08031802.db

Campo Marzio discoveries
2004.03.18

1. the Sepulc. Viunij Valentis is on the Tiber next to the Gymnasium Neronis, which led me to wonder if the Gymnasium Neronis, follows the circle/square juncture pattern; it looks like it does.

2. the circle/square Porticus Neronianae marks the spot of Alaric's Visigoth camp prior to the (primal) break-in at the Porta Saleria. The 45 degree marks of the Porticus Neronianae marks the four cardinal points. Since the "compass" of the Ichnographia matches the center of the Porticus Neronianae in size, perhaps Piranesi is here indicating the spot where the "winds" shifted--the historical winds. I now know how the Nolli map corresponds with the Campo Marzio area of the Celian Hill/Horti Salustiani. Platner provides an interesting history of the "Domus Valerianus"--nobody bought it in 404 AD; it sold for almost nothing after Alaric 410 AD; it appears to have become a hospital (which makes sense with regard to Melania's mission.

Boffrand, Germain
architect and decorator; b. May 7, 1667; d. March 18, 1754.

The son of Germain Boffrand, an architect and sculptor of Nantes, France. He went to Paris quite early and studied architecture, probably under Jules Hardouin-Mansart. In 1690 he was made custodian of the drawings in the cabinet du roi. In 1706 he assisted in the decoration of the Hôtel Soubise, Paris. In 1708 he was admitted to the Académie de l'Architecture. Between 1715 and 1718 Boffrand rebuilt a great part of the Arsenal, Paris, where he decorated a salon. Between 1725 and 1727 he repaired the southern portal of the church of Notre Dame, Paris, with the rose window. November 29, 1711, he was made chief architect of the Duke of Lorraine at Nancy, where he built the great altar of the cathedral and the Hôtel de la Monnaie. He was architect of the Duke of Bavaria, for whom he erected a hunting lodge, and worked also on the episcopal palace at Würzburg, Germany. In France, Boffrand held the position of architecte du roi and premier ingénieur et inspecteur général des ponts et chaussées du royaume. In 1745 he published the Livre d'Architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art, etc.

Radulphe (Raoul)
abbots and architects.

The name of several abbots of the monastery of Mont Saint-Michel (France). Radulphe (I) built four pillars and the base of the tower, between 1048 and 1060. Radulphe (II) built three bays of the nave and the porch, between 1160 and 1184. Radulphe (III) (d. March 18, 1218), continued the Merveille about 1212.

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