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Maybe not from that one product (a single cathedral) but after it has been built knowledge has been gained on how to create flying buttressed, move stone around
by bhandziuk 10y ago
Maybe not from that one product (a single cathedral) but after it has been built knowledge has been gained on how to create flying buttressed, move stone around efficiently, build a foundation, etc. So if you had another large project you could benefit from this gain in societal knowledge.
- smhenderson 10y agoWell the people that built those cathedrals generally kept the techniques of masonry a secret. Sure, people were free to use the fruits of their labors (for various shades of free) but that knowledge wasn't generally made available to all when the cathedral was finished. If you wanted another cathedral you had to go to the same (or similar) people who built the first one. Masons of the time closely guarded their secrets, like source code from a vendor like Microsoft, Oracle, etc...