Talk:Dome

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Contents 1 Oval domes 2 Improvements 3 Merge from cupola? 4 Florence Duomo 5 Reference to Jerusalem

[edit] Oval domes

The first oval dome may be St. Gereon's Basilica in Cologne, Germany. The oval cupola was completed in 1227, well before the Renaissance or Baroque.

• St. Gereon's Basilica
• Pic: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:K%C3%B6ln_st_gereon_kuppel_dekagon.jpg

[edit] Improvements

I merged saucer dome and incorporated more pics, but this article needs sections on history and construction techniques. Now it is much better --Tysto 01:53, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge from cupola?

I think cupola is not an exact synonym, but represents a subset of architectural domes, sometimes meaning a small or ornamental dome. It's still a good candidate for merging, especially since both articles are currently headed by a photo of the same dome! —Michael Z. 2006-08-10 17:27 Z

[edit] Florence Duomo

I recall from my studies that the Duomo of the Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence is considered the first engineered dome, and was the world's largest for a long time. Don't know if I have that completely correct, but it bears mentioning. I'd like to see photos of the significant Hagia Sophia and the Duomo in this article. —Michael Z. 2006-08-10 17:34 Z

Then the definition of "engineered" in this sense would mean "aided by mathematics" or "aided by technology"? In what sense then were previous domes "not engineered"? --Wetman 18:39, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I believe it was designed using mathematical or statics formulas to predict the loads and design the required structure, rather than using empirically-determined or traditional rules of thumb, or trial-and-error. This is from an old architectural history class, and I don't remember the exact details. It seemed significant, but I didn't want to add it to the article as mere hearsay. —Michael Z. 2006-08-10 21:03 Z

[edit] Reference to Jerusalem

An edit was made which changed 'Jerusalem, Israel' to 'Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories'. I've since changed the reference to only 'Jerusalem' in order to forestall a potential edit war, after having read part of Talk:Jerusalem. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 23:02, 6 December 2006 (UTC)