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Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain (1995), The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages, 'New Horizons' series, Thames & Hudson Ltd, ISBN 978-0-500-30052-7

Scholarship

Author’s background: Alain Erlande-Brandenburg (born 2 August 1937) is a French art historian and honorary general curator for heritage, a specialist on Gothic and Romanesque art. Author has a Wikipedia article: Alain Erlande-Brandenburg.

Where was the source published? - Thames & Hudson Ltd - https://thamesandhudson.com/ Publisher of books since 1949.

Is the information within the source independently verifiable? - Not sure

Context

Age of source relative to topic - 1995

Intent of information, targeted audience - Description of Medieval machines and inventions, for broad audience.

Content

Does the source omit important details and over-represent others? - Not sure.

Is the information fact or opinion? (This doesn’t necessarily disqualify the source from use but does mark against objectivity) - N/A

Style and structure of content. - text

Note: Books as a sources could be more difficult to answer such questions due to lack of information about book or author. Better to choose scientific articles as a source.