The model displays the construction of the lower rectangular stories.

Animation

Usage of the model windows

General hint: if the models are not visible or not centered, press Z. Sometimes the predefined views don’t load correctly, this is a bug in the Iris plugin.

  • LMB - Pan around the scene
  • RMB - Orbits the scene camera
  • MM Wheel - Zooms
  • Zooming Extents - ‘z’
  • Zooming Selected - ‘s’

Accessing the pre-defined (numbered) views:

Click on the hamburger button in the top-left corner of the window, then on the eye icon, then on a number.

pre-defined views

The entire model of the first phase

3D image of the first phase

Rendering the entire model in 3D requires powerful hardware, so it can be accessed on a separate page:

3D model of the first phase

Machines

Viennese crane:

The first crane from the folio 3 recto of Hans Hammer’s portfolio:

The first crane from the folio 4 recto of Hans Hammer’s portfolio:

The first crane from the folio 10 recto of Hans Hammer’s portfolio:

The second crane from the folio 10 verso of Hans Hammer’s portfolio:

Scaffoldings

Drawings used as sources

  • Tower: Wien Museum Karlsplatz Inv. Nr. 105.064 (floor plan) and Inv. Nr. 105.067 (elevation) [1]
  • Scaffoldings: standing scaffoldings from Günther Binding’s catalogue, primarily the catalogue items nr. 254 and 634e [2]
  • Accessing the different levels of the scaffoldings: Hans Hammer’s ladder from the page 8v of the portfolio [3]
  • Machines:
    • Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien Inv 35.043r (crane) [4] [5], with some elements from the 19th-century drawing of the mediæval crane of Cologne [6]
    • Hans Hammer’s 3r 1 crane [3]
    • Hans Hammer’s 4r 1 crane [3]
    • Hans Hammer’s 10r 1 crane [3]
    • Hans Hammer’s 10v 2 crane [3]

References

[1] M. Kronberger, Ed., Der Dombau von St. Stephan. Die Originalpläne aus dem Mittelalter. Wien: Metroverlag, 2011. 49., 63–67. p.

[2] G. Binding, Der Mittelalterliche Baubetrieb in zeitgenössischen Darstellungen. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2001.

[3] H. Hammer, Zeichnungen. Herzog August Bibliothek Cod. Guelf. 114.1 extrav. http://diglib.hab.de/wdb.php?dir=mss/114-1-extrav

[4] J. J. Böker, Architektur der Gotik. Bestandskatalog der weltgrößten Sammlung an gotischen Baurissen (Legat Franz Jäger) im Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien. Salzburg: Pustet, 2005. 145–146., 412. p.

[5] M. Kronberger, Ed., Der Dombau von St. Stephan. Die Originalpläne aus dem Mittelalter. Wien: Metroverlag, 2011. 82. p.

[6] A. Wolff, Dombau in Köln: Photographen dokumentieren die Vollendung einer Kathedrale. Stuttgart: Müller und Schindler, 1980. 110. p.