Little may be known about Villard de Honnecourt, but thanks to his immortal "Sketchbook, " there exist reliable and contemporaneous graphic observations of everyday life in 13th-century France. Contained in this volume are the entire contents of his portfolio, complete with authoritative translation[...]
This new facsimile edition of the Portfolio of the 13th-century Picard artist Villard de Honnecourt is the first printed facsimile in eighteen years and the first ever in color. The thirty-three leaves are reproduced at actual size from color transparencies the same size as the leaves themselves to [...]