ThepresentpaperbelongstoaresearchfocusingontheearlymedievalchurchofSantaSofia,locatedinBenevento,southernItaly.Thework,ingeneral,involvedmethodstypicalofboththehumanitiesandmathematicalengineering.Thiscontributiongivessomedetailsaboutthechurchandthemethodologyusedtoanalyzeandvirtualizeitsmainphases.Then,attentionisgiventodiscussingtheapproachusedtorecon-structthecomplexvaultingsystemofthechurch.UsingCoonspatchesthatarebasedonHermitecubics,aremappingstrategywasconsideredtomaintaincontrolofalltermsappearingintheapproximation.Theobtainedsurfaceswereinsertedinthevirtualsolidmodelsofthechurch.Itmustbeemphasizedthatsolidmodelingofartifactsofarcheologicalinterestrequiresthatinformationfromdifferentsources,i.e.,geomet-ricandarchitecturaldatawitharcheologicalandarchivalfindings,aremergedtogether.Itisindeedmandatorytoadoptanarcheologicallymeaningfulmethodologytoassessthereliabilityofthevirtualrecon-structions.
Virtualization for Knowledge and Protection: The Case of an Early Medieval Church
Silvana, Rapuano
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2025
Abstract
ThepresentpaperbelongstoaresearchfocusingontheearlymedievalchurchofSantaSofia,locatedinBenevento,southernItaly.Thework,ingeneral,involvedmethodstypicalofboththehumanitiesandmathematicalengineering.Thiscontributiongivessomedetailsaboutthechurchandthemethodologyusedtoanalyzeandvirtualizeitsmainphases.Then,attentionisgiventodiscussingtheapproachusedtorecon-structthecomplexvaultingsystemofthechurch.UsingCoonspatchesthatarebasedonHermitecubics,aremappingstrategywasconsideredtomaintaincontrolofalltermsappearingintheapproximation.Theobtainedsurfaceswereinsertedinthevirtualsolidmodelsofthechurch.Itmustbeemphasizedthatsolidmodelingofartifactsofarcheologicalinterestrequiresthatinformationfromdifferentsources,i.e.,geomet-ricandarchitecturaldatawitharcheologicalandarchivalfindings,aremergedtogether.Itisindeedmandatorytoadoptanarcheologicallymeaningfulmethodologytoassessthereliabilityofthevirtualrecon-structions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
