General Index

•  Brunelleschi and the dome of Florence Cathedral    [intro]
         The dome structure    [intro]
         Implements and bricks   
         Machines used on the dome worksite    [intro]
                   BIAGIO DI ANTONIO [?] - Tobias and the archangels (ca. 1470)  
                   BIAGIO DI ANTONIO [?] - Tobias and the archangels (detail)  
                   LEONARDO DA VINCI - Brunelleschi's three-speed hoist  
                   Three-speed hoist  
                   MARIANO DI IACOPO, called TACCOLA - Horse-driven version of the Brunelleschi hoist  
                   BONACCORSO GHIBERTI - Two views, from different perspectives, of Brunelleschi's three-speed hoist  
                   GIULIANO DA SANGALLO - Brunelleschi's three-speed hoist  
                   FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO - Motor of Brunelleschi's three-speed hoist  
                   LEONARDO DA VINCI - Brunelleschi's revolving crane  
                   Revolving crane  
                   BONACCORSO GHIBERTI - General view of Brunelleschi's revolving crane  
                   LEONARDO DA VINCI - Detail of the vertical screw of the revolving crane with screw-operated triple turnbuckle  
                   LEONARDO DA VINCI - Revolving crane for the lantern (first version)  
                   Revolving crane for the lantern  
                   BONACCORSO GHIBERTI - Revolving crane for the lantern (first version)  
                   GIULIANO DA SANGALLO - Revolving crane for the lantern (first version)  
                   BONACCORSO GHIBERTI - Revolving crane for the lantern (second version)  
                   LEONARDO DA VINCI - Brunelleschi's revolving crane (second version)  
                   ALESSANDRO ALLORI [?] - Damage to the lantern from lightning in spring 1601  
                   GHERARDO MECHINI [?] - Scaffolding and hoisting devices used in 1601 to repair lighting damage to the lantern  
                   BONACCORSO GHIBERTI - Brunelleschi's light hoist  
                   Light hoist  
                   BONACCORSO GHIBERTI - Driving wheel of the light hoist  
                   LEONARDO DA VINCI - Sketch of Brunelleschi's light hoist  
                   BONACCORSO GHIBERTI - Brunelleschi's revolving crane with hoist  
                   Revolving crane with hoist  
                   LEONARDO DA VINCI - Revolving crane with hoist  
                   LEONARDO DA VINCI - Sketch of revolving crane with hoist  
                   LEONARDO DA VINCI - Brunelleschi's elevators  
         Filippo Brunelleschi (Florence, 1377-1446)     
•  The Sienese engineers    [intro]
•  Leonardo: machines and mechanisms    [intro]
•  Major achievements   
•  Key figures