The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt


A New Critical Edition and Color Facsimile

by

Carl F. Barnes, Jr.

a Special Publication in the Series
AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science and Art

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009 / ISBN 978-0-7546-5102-9 / $144.95 / £75.00

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The first-ever facsimile edition of the Villard portfolio to reproduce all 33 leaves and the cover in full color at original size.
Every drawing is analyzed individually for subject, size, technique, condition, style, attribution, and iconography.
Every inscription is newly transcribed and translated twice, literally and freely.
Complete Index of Drawings by Iconography.
xxvi + 266 pages, 71 color plates, 49 in-text drawings, 48 black and white plates.

 

For Table of Contents, click HERE
To see Fol. 8r Entry (Crucifixion), click HERE
To see Fol. 15r Entry (Architecture), click HERE
To see Fol. 33r Entry (Recipe), click HERE
For the Ashgate Promotional Release, click HERE.