The roof is on fire! A dendrochronological reconstruction of the restoration of the Basilica of Our Lady in Tongeren (Belgium)
K Haneca, S van Daalen�- Dendrochronologia, 2017 - Elsevier
A dendrochronological study of the roofs of the Basilica of Our Lady in Tongeren (Belgium)
showed that the current roofs date to the period right after the deliberate burning of the
church in 1677. High resolution dendrochronological dates–based on wood-anatomical
observations of the outermost tree-ring–combined with detailed archival sources, allow us to
trace the progress of reconstruction of the various roofs throughout the years following the
fire at an intra-annual resolution. This provides an exceptionally detailed timeline of both the�…
showed that the current roofs date to the period right after the deliberate burning of the
church in 1677. High resolution dendrochronological dates–based on wood-anatomical
observations of the outermost tree-ring–combined with detailed archival sources, allow us to
trace the progress of reconstruction of the various roofs throughout the years following the
fire at an intra-annual resolution. This provides an exceptionally detailed timeline of both the�…