The Irregular Ribbed Vault of the Sacristy of the Cathedral of Saint-Jean Baptiste in Perpignan

The vault of the sacristy of the Cathedral of Saint-Jean Baptiste in Perpignan (France), constructed by the Majorcan architect Guillem Sagrera between 1433 and 1447, is an outstanding, yet strikingly unknown, example of rib vaulting. This paper analyzes the overall construction of the form of the vault, characterized by its highly irregular perimeter, with particular attention to an isolated decorated corbel which solves the problem of the wall support of a group of six ribs and is in stark contrast with the rest of the supports, which are completely unadorned. Given the extreme rigour of Sagrera in all his works (and this one in particular), this apparent “capriccio” must be justified not only by decorative or formal requirements, but also by the constructive logic of Gothic vaulting system

Las ventanas de la iglesia templaria de San Bautista de Burguillos del Cerro

La iglesia de San Juan Bautista de Burguillos del Cerro perteneció a la orden del Temple por la ayuda prestada a la corona en la reconquista de los territorios extremeños, desde 1238 hasta la disolución de la orden en 1312. Emplazada en la frontera de defensa del reino de León del avance almohade durante los siglos XII a XIII, incluye una qubba musulmana, fue iglesia hasta 1797 y luego cementerio hasta 1908. Destacan por su singularidad las ventanas angostas del ábside así como las ventanas de tracería ojival de la nave principal y los rosetones de la qubba convertida en capilla funeraria a fines del siglo XIV L'église de Saint-Jean Baptiste de Burguillos del Cerro devint la propriété de l'ordre du Temple grâce à l'aide fournie à la couronne dans la reconquête des territoires d’Estrémadure, depuis 1238 jusqu'à la dissolution de l'ordre en 1312. Installée à la frontière de la défense du royaume de Léon de la progression almohade pendant le XIIe et XIII siècles, elle comprend une qubba musulmane et est restée église jusqu'à 1797 et puis convertie en cimetière jusqu'à 1908. Soulignent par leur singularité les fenêtres étroites de l’abside ainsi que les fenêtres de remplage ogival de la nef principale et les rosaces de la qubba transformée en chapelle funéraire à la fin du XIVe siècle.

Multiple Frequency Solidly Mounted BAW Filters

This paper reports the simultaneous fabrication of Receive and Transmit Bulk Acoustic Wave filters for the WCDMA standard on the same die. Both filters are based on Solidly Mounted Resonators using a common Bragg mirror, but with each having a specific piezoelectric film thickness. Electrical measurements reveal that the process steps required to provide the two different piezoelectric film thicknesses on the same die does not impact the electrical performances of resonators and filters and that this approach could thus be generalised to more than two filters.

Tomas Lopez's Geographic Atlas of Spain in the Peninsular War: A methodology for determining errors

During the Peninsular War, Napoleon's and Wellington's armies were aware of the lack of precision in the maps of Spain and its provinces that appeared in Tomas Lopez \s Geographical Atlas of Spain. The errors were due to the non-topographical surveying method he used which he had learned from his teacher Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D 'Anville. To map all of the Spanish provinces, Tomas Lopez divided them into circles of three leagues in diameter (16,718 m), taking a particular town as the centre. He asked the town's priest to draw a map of the territory and to complete a questionnaire that Tomas Lopez sent to him. The priest was to return the two documents after he had completed them. Subsequently, at his desk, Tomas Lopez used the maps and reports as well as other graphic and written sources from various locations to make an outline of each map. Next, he made a mosaic that served as a pattern for drawing the final provincial map. We will see the way that this method was applied in two concrete cases: the villages ofChavaler and Monteagudo, situated in the Spanish province of Soria, and verify their degree of accuracy. We will use the maps drawn by the priests in 1767, the final map of the province which was published in 1804 by Tomás López, and a current map of the province showing the angular and linear errors in Lopez \s map.