摘要：The book is prefaced by Dr. Janez Bogataj,who places it in the thematic areas of Slovene originality,ethnography,anthropology and culture. The hayrack is a fixed,vertical,mainly wooden,open,but roofed device for drying and storing. In the past it was used for storing cereals;nowadays it is used only for hay. There is a range of types of hayrack: a single or double streched hayrack (with wood or stone pillars),a "goat" hayrack,and a "dog" hayrack,a low one and a double linked hayrack. The double linked one can be with one "tail" or two "tails". The roof ’s inclination is one to one and inclined by 45o . It is covered with straw,shingles,boards,stones or,today,with tiles. It can be found across the whole of Slovene territory,except in the Kras and in Pannonia. Its composition is particularly important: the construction is based on a square,and its diagonal. The measures applied are only one,the square root of two and the square root of three,but the latter is a composition of "one" plus "the square root of two" (with a minimum error of 1.5%). The proportional system is used in order to simplify construction. The book is divided into three sections,dedicated to technical issues,evolution and cultural studies. The section on evolution presents the appearance of hayracks from the 17th century onwards,and mentions books which have treated this topic since 1820: besides technical data provided by the sources, there is a brief description and a quality ranking within the thematic area. The technical part illuminates the evolution of hayracks,showing evidence of their origins on Slovene ethnical territory. Furthermore,it shows the types of hayrack,with appertaining forms and locations,and introduces a completely new chapter which considers calculations by means of the square root of two and the principles of composition of hayrack. In the cultural studies section he touches on the issues of origin and characteristics of hayracks,their past and evolution in future. The author connects the issue of hayracks with the drying of cereals over fire (UK,Russia,Ucraine),and with similar structures,above all in Switzerland in the Graubünden Canton. An architectural glossary supplements the book.The book,being a scholarly text, is easy to read and comprehensible,regardless of the scholarly argumentation accompanying and corroborating the findings.The book contains summaries in English,French,Croatian,Spanish,Italian and German.
其他摘要：Knjiga ima predgovor dr Janeza Bogataja,ki jo umešča v tematiko slovenske samoniklosti,etnografije,antropologije,kulture. Kozolec je stalna,vertikalna,pretežno lesena,odprta in pokrita naprava za sušenje in za spravilo. Nekdaj je služil za spravilo žita,d
