Wooden composite beams were a technical innovation that generated an important transformation of 15th-century architecture in Ferrara and were also a response to the search for renewal of humanistic era. The carpenter who provided the right solution for Palazzo di Belriguardo was Peregrino Punzinella: rewarded by Leonello d'Este, he belonged to a family of carpenters and in this context of experience he may have acquired the skills for an undertaking that would change the aspect of the city.

Punzinella, carpentiere nel Quattrocento, e l'innovazione delle travi composte

Rita Fabbri
2023

Abstract

Wooden composite beams were a technical innovation that generated an important transformation of 15th-century architecture in Ferrara and were also a response to the search for renewal of humanistic era. The carpenter who provided the right solution for Palazzo di Belriguardo was Peregrino Punzinella: rewarded by Leonello d'Este, he belonged to a family of carpenters and in this context of experience he may have acquired the skills for an undertaking that would change the aspect of the city.
2023
978-88-31277-08-2
Punzinella, 15th-century carpenter, and the innovation of wooden composite beams
Carpenteria, Travi composte in legno, Ferrara, Architettura del Quattrocento
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