Album de Villard de Honnecourt, architecte du XIIIe [i.e., triezième] siècle; reproduction des 66 pages et dessins du manuscrit français 19093 de la Bibliothèque nationale

Villard, de Honnecourt, 13th cent, Omont, Henri Auguste, 1857-1940, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Manuscript. Français 19093 · 1906 · Paris : Impr. Berthaud Frères · 71 pictures

This is a 1906 Paris facsimile, published by Berthaud Frères, of the thirteenth-century sketchbook of the architect Villard de Honnecourt, reproducing the pages of the French manuscript held by the Bibliothèque nationale. Its pages show pen drawings of figures, animals and machines for builders and craftsmen. Designers can take from them the economical contour line and the loose gestural poses of medieval draughtsmanship, with figures and animals sketched in quick overlapping studies.

Drawing, French · Architecture, Medieval

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