The Carpenter: Medieval Carpenters Erect the Roof Frame of a Church — Beams Are Joined with Wooden Joints
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Educational and impressive medieval carpentry scene. Setting: a medieval building site — specifically the construction of a church, at the stage where the roof frame is being erected. From below we can see the wooden skeleton of the roof being assembled high above the ground. Several carpenters are working at different heights: some on the ground trimming and shaping large oak beams with adzes (curved-blade tools for shaping wood), axes, and two-handed saws; others higher up on scaffolding (poles and boards), fitting the main beams together using traditional wooden joinery — mortise and tenon joints, wooden pegs, and halved lap joints. The master carpenter: the most senior carpenter, holding a carpenter's square and a chalked marking string, consulting a carved wooden model of the roof design. Tools: axes, adzes, saws, mallets, chisels, measuring ropes. The stone walls of the church already built, carpenters working on top. A pulley system hoisting heavy beams. Workers coordinating.
