Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 / Anthony Gerbino and Stephen Johnston ; with a contribution by Gordon Higgott.

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2009], ©2009.

208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 30 cm

Published to accompany the exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford from 16 June to 6 September 2009 and the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, from 18 February to 30 May 2010.

Medieval drawing and Gothic tradition -- The paper revolution: the origin of large-scale technical drawing under Henry VIII -- The mathematical practitioner and the Elizabethan architect -- The Vitruvian model: Inigo Jones and the culture of the book -- Vision, modelling, drawing: Christopher Wren's early career -- Structure and scale: the office of works at St. Paul's -- Gentlemen, practitioners, and instrumental architecture -- Raised high, brought low: architecture and mathematics around George III -- Geometry and structure in the dome of St. Paul's cathedral / Gordon Higgott -- Catalogue checklist.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-204) and index.