The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt
Paris, Bibl. nat., MS Fr 19093

© Carl F. Barnes, Jr., 2001


Quick Checklist of Subjects by Folio

Folio

Subjects, Top to Bottom

1r

Miscellaneous / Felibien Inscription / Saint-Germain-des-Pres Number

1v

"Preface" / Seated Apostles / Man and Woman / Tumbler (Salome?)

2r

Villard, who went to Hungary / Snail

2v

Crucifixion

3r

Later Copy of 2v / later Pilaster

3v

Pride / Humility

4r

Bear / Swan / Architectural Motif (Heavenly Jerusalem?)

4v

Ecclesia

5r

Perpetual Motion Device

5v

Leaf Faces / Leaf Rinceau / Leaves

6r

Tomb of a Saracen

6v

Horologe / Dragon

7r

Lectern

7v

Insects / Labyrinth

8r

Crucifixion Group / later "Greek" Inscription, date 1533

8v

Two Mounted Knights

9r

Gamblers / Tantalus Cup / Handwarmer

9v

Laon Tower Plan / Turret / Bearded Head

10r

Laon Tower Elevation

10v

Virgin and Child / Reims Nave Aisle Window

11r

Seated Christ / Dragon on Foliate Motif

11v

Standing Nude beside Altar

12r

Prostitute who appeared before Solomon

12v

Seated Knight / Bishop / Magus pointing at a Star

13r

Unidentified (Joseph and Brothers? Christ before Caiphias?)

13v

Deposition / Lion and Ox Evangelist Symbols

14r

Seated Knight with Falcon and Lady

14v

Wrestlers / Cistercian Squares Church Plan / Cambrai Choir Plan

15r

Plan "devised" by Villard and Pierre de Corbie / Meaux Choir Plan

15v

Hungarian (Pilis?) Paving Tiles / Pier Plan / Chartres West Rose

16r

Lausanne South Transept Rose / Seated Figure (Moses removing Sandals?)

16v

Majestas Domini

17r

Vaucelles Choir Plan / Prone Sleeping Apostle

17v

Roofing Schemes / Sconce

18r

Bearded Head / Beginning of Geometrical Figures

18v

Geometrical Figures

19r

Geometrical Figures

19v

Geometrical Figures, including "Face in the Square"

20r

"By this means one . . ." (Palimpsest later than Villard)

20v

"By this means one . . ." (Palimpsest later than Villard)

21r

"By this means one . . ." (Palimpsest later than Villard)

21v

Wheel of Fortune / Two later Recipes (Waterproofing / Depilatory)

22r

Leaf Faces / Standing and Seated Nudes

22v

Carpentry Devices

23r

Carpentry Devices

23v

Seated Sleeping Apostle / Soldier Mounting a Horse

24r

Lion Training

24v

Frontal Lion / Porcupine

25r

Seated King (Solomon?)

25v

Standing Christ with Disk / Archer and Spearman

26r

Parakeets / Man playing a Violin / Dog / Woman with Bird / Dog

26v

Three Scenes of Lion Killing

27r

Gladiator(?) and Lion / Martyrdom of Sts. Cosmas and Damian

27v

Two Side Views of Choir Stalls / Christ (?) Blessing

28r

Prophet with Scroll / Apostle (St. John the Evangelist?)

28v

Flagellation of Christ / Arrest of Christ

29r

Side View of Choir Stall

29v

Man in Chlamys

30r

Plan of a Trebuchet

30v

Reims Radiating Chapel Interior

31r

Reims Chapel Exterior

31v

Reims Nave Interior and Exterior Elevations

32r

Reims Pier Plans and Templates

32v

Reims Choir Buttresses

33r

Cannabis Elixir Recipe / Flower Color Preserver Recipe

33v

J. Mancel Comment (15th Century) that "there are 41 leaves in the book"

Revised 23 February 2005