Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century : illustrated by commentaries and descriptions
This is a facsimile edition published in London in 1859 by John Henry and James Parker, reproducing the thirteenth-century sketch-book of the French architect Villard de Honnecourt with commentary by Lassus, Darcel and Quicherat. The pages show pen drawings of plans, elevations, figures and machines, with Old French captions in a medieval hand. A designer could take from them the economy of line and the schematic way the plans, geometric ground plans and figure studies are laid out on the page.
