According to the E-rara website the title of the book is ‘’Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores interioresque a celebrioribus architectis inventi’’ which translates to: ‘’The exterior and interior vistas of the finest temples in Rome were discovered by more famous architects’’. From the title it is fair to assume that the book depicts, in minutely…
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The title of the book is “Logometron architecturae militaris Freitagianae” and means “Art Measure of Friday Fortification. The book was published by the author Andreas Alexander in 1665. Andreas Alexander was an Italian architect in the 17th century. The book is a very rare work on the circle sector. At the beginning he introduces us…
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The frontispiece on the first page of the first book contains quite a bit of revealing information about the origins and motivation to create this book. First of all the book is adressed to Agostino Chigi. Agostino Chigi, who was a very prominent member of the influential Chigi family in Rome, gave the order to…
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The title of my book is “Regola delli cinq ordini d’architettura” by Vignola. The title reveals that the book is about the five orders of architecture. The book contains only pictures with a little bit of text. Already after the first few pages, the five orders are introduced. The structure of the book is divided…
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Der Titel des Buches verrät, dass es sich um ein Wörterbuch handelt. Das Bach wendet sich an alle Menschen, die etwas über Architektur erfahren wollen oder ihren Wortschatz erweitern wollen. Das Buch ist für Jedermann geeignet. Das Buch enthält keine Liste, aber die Wörter sind alphabethisch geordnet, wie es in einem Wörterbuch üblich ist. Die…
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Alexandre le blond’s „Explication des termes d’Architecture“ has a longer title which lists many different working fields. For example, mathematics, mechanics, sculpture and many more. It is not only an architecture related dictionary, but also includes many different topics. Therefore, it tries to speak to architects, but also to someone who works in a related…
Friends with an old book – Argument – Daniele Barbaro “Ten books of architecture”
The full title of the book: what is it revealing about the content of the book? Who is it speaking to? The full title is:«M. Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura libri decem : cum commentariis Danielis Barbari, electi patriarchae aquileiensis: multis aedificiorum, horologiorum et machinarum descriptionibus». Barbaro is naming his book “the 10 books of architecture”….
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The book is called „Neü-herfürgegebene Kriegsarchitectur“. The title reveals what the book is about: buildings for the war and military buildings. The author Christoph Heidemann, who also wrote more books about military buildings, wanted to probably point out, how buildings in these times can be built and didn’t only write about different ways of designing…
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Oder Anleitung zu denen Brunnenkünsten The title of my book is “Architectura Hydraulica oder Anleitung zu denen Brunnenkünsten”. It is composed in German and written in 1765 by Caspar Walter. The book is, according to the title, is about building fountains. Because building fountains is not exactly general education, I assume that the book is…