The Medieval Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt

The Medieval Sketchbook of Villard de HonnecourtLittle is known of Villard de Honnecourt, apart from the fact that his Sketchbook is one of the most treasured documents in art history. Active in the early part of the thirteenth century, the French artist produced remarkably accurate representations of diverse subjects that interested him: religious figures; insects, birds, dogs, and humans; architecture, including details from the cathedrals at Chartres, Rheims, and Laon; church furnishings; and

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lively study — praised by the American Historical Review as "a valuable introduction

the novel appears here in the original French with an excellent new English translation by Stanley Appelbaum on the facing pages

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