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Roman times (Adam, pp. 320-23; Sharma and Kaul, pp. 217-21; E.G. Warland,
pp. 300-302). Before the introduction of glazing (or where it could not be af orded)
wooden windows could be provided. h ese consisted of wooden lattices or grilles
which admitted a modicum of light, but acted as a bar to intemperate weather
(heat, wind, driving rain).
Window
frames
General References
General
C. Singer,
A History of Technology I
, “Building in Wood, Wattle and Turf,” pp. 299-325, Oxford,
1954.
N. Davey,
A History of Building Materials
, Chaps 5, 6, 7, London, 1961.
Prehistoric Middle East
O. Aurenche,
La Maison Orientale
, Chap. 3, “Le Bois, et les éléments végétaux,” pp. 78-94, Paris,
1981.
Mesopotamia
R. Moorey,
Ancient Mesopotamian Materials
, pp. 347-62, “Building in Wood,” Oxford, 1994.
Egypt
G. Porta,
L'Architettura Egizia delle origini in legni e materiali leggeri
,
Milan, 1989.
G. Jéquier,
Manuel d'Archéologie Egyptienne
, “Les Eléments de l'Architecture,” Chap. 1, Le Bois,
pp. 5-9.
W. Stevenson Smith,
h e Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
, Harmondsworth, 1958.
Anatolia
R. Naumann,
Architektur Kleinasiens
, pp. 91-108, Tubingen, 1971.
R.S. Young,
h ree Great Early Tumuli
, (Gordion) Philadelphia, 1981.
Levant
G.R.H. Wright,
Ancient Building in South Syria and Palestine
, pp. 363-69, Wood, Leiden, 1985.
