COLLECTION 

BACKGROUND 

OF LIFE 

AND WORKS 

MOST FAMOUS 

ARCHITECTS. 

P AR M". FëL 1 B I EN. 

Hiftortortografhe du Roi& Carie its 
l ^nti^ues d.e fiMajefié. 



*■ IN LONDON, 

^Oicï David Mortier, Bookseller dam le 
Strand, to the Infciijne d'Ërafm e. 

MR. DCCV. 



A MONSEIGNEUR 

THE MARQUIS 

DE LOUVOIS, 

Mînîftrc & Secretaîrc d'Etat , Commandant 
Oh Chancellor of the King's Orders, Surin- 
tendant & Authorizing Officer Generate] of 
Her Majesty's Buildings ^ Arts and 
Manufaâures of France. 

MONSEIGNOR, 

Ors qtfon sees in VHtotre the 
number of hours that so many 
Princes had it made, but they've been treated... 
...that they undertook to perpi- 
Kill their memory, Von eftfurpris. 
...about how many of them are out there, Ç5? 
...by the ideas of greatness that we form in them. But fi 
Us Egyptians, Greeks £5? Romans havetfast of the 
books worthy of admiration^ how many have they got* 
tanned hoboes? You might say that they are the workers... 
The works of men are as important as the works of men. 





cens years to build \ ^ ^ since the establishment of 
worst roman jnfques to fa decadence^ all those ctui 
Steered bridge have been part of the greatness of Edifi- 
ces, (ffàleursembelijfemens. 

If the Ç"f. Peoples, the Sovereigns have acquired so many 
Congratulations for having contributed to the buildings that 
m been raised 1 during so many challenges, what should 

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be the King's glory for the great works of which 
His Majesty has filled France from the beginning... 
How many Poru Çs? de Ha^ 
Did not She conjure up, to establish 
isf facilitate trade with fes Voijins ? The com^ 
munie ation of the Seas," lèf Rivers made naviga- 
Wounds, Bridges £5' Paths made could repair "the 
Palace of the Kings predeceased fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes fes-- 
bellis^ make some testimonials. If Von confided- 
dere ce vajle ^ magnificent Palais de Verfailles , fa 
size , fes ornemens , l^ têtes les chofes qui s* y* y 
find; the pref prefque works that he can't find 
n had to do to cut mountains ^^ to fill in 
of the valleys; to force the waters to leave their beds, theT 
to elevate them to immense heights and lead them into the 
a place that nature had made fec ^ arid. If 
besides that we cast our eyes on the beauty of VArchi^ 
curtain, as this prefque infinite number of Statues ^fur 
the marvellous works of painting, after so many 
rare and precious furniture of which this palace is filled with, 
finally fur all your wonders that deny the fejoitr 
de Verfailles fi delicious ijf fi admirable: what an idea 
can't have the strength of a Mo." 
narcotic that in a short time has challenged great 
ehojes? 

These expenses that His Majesty made for the 
glory of fan state as much as for fa own fatis^^ 
were at the same time accompanied with 
many others for the treading of fes Subjects : 
Us Hospitals built in various parts of the Kingdom 
to help the poor; this Hotel fi grand l^ 
fi magn^fijue raised on the outskirts of Paris for the 
Jo ^dats invalid.^I And fi Von still wants to get in 
dai>2s a detail of what His Majesty has done for me. 
adjustable splitting fur land fur sea, how much 

from 



E t" ï T R E. 

of fortified cities? How many mutelh 
Places £sf of Citadels has she made confound? 
The two seas covered today with VasS festivity." 
fairies ; Shops at last £5? 
...of the Arcenalian Arcanels of prodigious grandeur, £5? 
with all the chofes, do the terror ^ Vadmi ^ 
ration of any PEurope, 

Cejî ^ Monseigneur, what gave me 
the window to ramatify in the book that "do PAon" 
to prefer buildings to Your Grandeur. 
the most remarkable that have been made since the 
beginning of the world jufques in these 
time; so that after admiring the great 
chofes who have been in the business in the past few years. 
the pofiability takes place in a larger beech wood. 
astonishment, when she learns the ones that Her 
Majeflé has done during f on kegne, 

Ye do well that whatever glory this reign of glory may have... 
ieux fuiffe receive pcr the quantity {ff per rex- 



cellence of the works that mark fa grandeur^ 
ificence, it is not however what is first. 



fa magnij 

will make it more memorable for the girls to come. 
^ ^ so many veioires fignalized ^ ^ so many eeeeeeees hey ^ 
the royal royalty that Vhifioire du Roi will be filled with, and we" 
...will no longer be a reality. What greater 
idea will it be able to form that that of a Brotherhood of the 
dôé de foute f les graces du corps (sf de Pefprit f 
"of a courage that nothing can stop, of a courage that can't be stopped, of a courage that can't be stopped. 
tireless vigilance , ^ which is rare and rare y 
of a kindness that charms all those who have Phon^. 
V neur de V approach '^, It efl efl even funnier fes 
Subjects he fears from enemy foe. These great 
qualities that burst out in him, attracted the 
fund of P Orient les peuples fes plus éloign^ for 
see Us wonders that can't be conceived; 

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b^ they ù9a avoâ/que la vérité eji bien audejfus de 
fame. We saw them walk away with regret. 
of the Court, finding conjecture only in the 
Hopefully they'll be pleased to tell what they'll have to tell about this 
they saw. 

When they've made a faithful image of the Prince... 
whose name resonates with the extremities of the 
the world, that they'll have confirmed what they say. 
heard of these great aâions z ils far ^ 
will be of those rich buildings they've been looking at... 
with admiration , ^ which will do in the challenges to 
come as witnesses to what will have been made of 
great splitting of the Reign of His Majesty. This iron 
in the temples away from us that Von means it- 
dra still ringing fon name auzujie^ ^ quenles 
conjuring we'll have ven&ation in the oven the next day... 
die of a King, may Heaven grant to France... 
...what a glorious, glorious, glorious, glorious happiness..; 

but "'-*- "* I * '^'^ *- * J" Big f^**- 

. ^M.onjaura n avoir jau i^ueéy ^* ^. ..--- 

fes far fà magnificence (sf f^f" fa valeur , que 

to force fes voifins to receive a fee that they have to pay. 

fiété voulait emfloyer à foutenir la Religion j à 

destroy Vherefie, ^ a domfering in fon Rqyau^ 

"I'm that monfire that was fed and nurtured and brought up fen. 

dantfrés de deux fie des. Des deffeins fi grands y 

fijufles ^ ^ fifaints ^ are the effects of a virtue 

truly Christian, ^ from one soul to God 

n^a spread fes graces y que four en faire Punique 

model of all kings. 

But, my lord, who and what and what 

knows better than Your Highness all the rare 

quality of a Prince you are a fan of. 

ceffe attaché far the great emflois of which he you 

honor y £"f by the ardent zeje you have got. 

fervor? Ceji in the business secretary's office the fuzz 

imfor^ 



E P I t R E. 

# ■ 

"I'm so happy that you can see the fublimt. 

tfdefespenffes Çff hJMjKee de [es intentions. 

Cen^e/pasamoi^MovSElGîiEVLK^ to talk about 

m of your childhood that you have of all fet 

bontez^ nor the services that make you deserve them: 

I'll be on the verge of freedom, for your pr/en- 

so much this first effacement of my work ^ of you ^ 

to ask for the honor of your protelion^ so thatji 

f finishes one day, I want to make it fried. 

can have the advantage of talking about so many great 

Works OK, you'll get the most out of it, £? You. 

give marks of the deep ref^eH with which 

jefuisj 



MONSEIGNOR, 



- Your tr(5s-hu.mblc & very- 
obedient fcrvitor. 

J.R Felibieh des Avaux^ 



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A 4 



PREFACE. 

LOrs that I started this Collection of U 
Life ^ des Ouvrages des Archit/:âes " je 
think you're only making a small volume: but 
In my work I've found so many facts worthy of-- 
You will notice that I have been lying down a lot. 
...more than I've ever volunteered. 

I did not obfcate any other order than the one 
of the Timeline, which I don't even keep. 
with all the eXaditement that one could wish for j 
because it's hard to favour the real thing. 
when the chofes are blowing up, and I'm par- 
In some places in particular, we fc hole- 
...committed to reporting what's been done in dif- 
rens time. 

As I thought I should read this book... 
in plul?ears books, I've been trying to get them started... 
cer all by known eras, & to ter- 
...to be undermined in the next year or so. Lower, lower... 

ouairç Books that I owe to prcfcm , k pre* 

micr starts from the first fiestas of the mon- 
from: the fccond , around the first year of the area 
Christianity: the tropheme, with the fifth fie- 
key, in the time of the decadence of the Empire... 
Crazy Roman Honorius: & the fourth, with 
the eleventh century, that is to say, a few years later. 
the death of King Hughes Capet, from whom the three-- 
fiéme race of the Kings of France e(l ifTuë. 

This diyifion has even"- something to do with the 
chanpémcns arrive in P^irt de bâtir , favoir 
à fa older origin; à l'état fioriflànt où 
...the good architect began to be in Ro... 
the Emperor Augufte; to be reinstated... 
of the Gothic Archbishop of Ho- 
norius: & in the state that this same way of 

build 



T 1^ E F A c e: 

building sVft found in France in the time of the King 
Robert son of Hugues Capct, 

I first mark the antiquity of Part, whose I 
speaks, by pailàges tire2 of the best hifto* 
nothing , fans enter (some a difcuffion too by* 
ticuliere de fon origine , nor commit myself in name*. 
sea those that so many peoples who have claimed 
to the glory of this invention, to have some 
For what every man has reported has been the other 
fur ce fujet eft obfcurcifié par un (i grande nombre 
of fables, what one can think of, what one can think of... of certain, 
and we've started to snore buildings. 
a long time before the flood, & that the Princes 
& the Kings by this greatness of soul & this elevation... 
vation of the spirit that makes them capable of com* munication. 
the other men, have been the princes* of the world. 
the authors of the first deffeins of the greats. 
I've tried to make a mark on it, 
but in a nutshell, to tie me down only- 
to talk to the perfumers who have been given 
the name of Architesâes. Among these "Architeâe 
fon will find some who have only poflèdé that theo^ 
The laugh of the Ârchiteéfaire ^ & qui fe font contentex^ 
to write several chofes who look at this art;. 
others who only apply to the practice- 
that ; & others finally who have Joined the theory i 
practice, as it is written in the writings that they have 
ontlaiiTe^, & by the number of buildings they have 
have done. I don't extend myself very far. 
life of the oldest of these Architeft^s , nor fur 
kors works, because rc didn't find everything 
what they say about it have you certam to talk about it fans 
get into long drfcuflions that I have cm 
have to avoid , & aufli because most of the 
these cbofes have been due so many times, we don't even have 

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PREFACE. 

right as becoming a cnhayeaz by repeating them. 
After having made known what concerns the 
I'm not going to be able to do it, but I'm going to be able to do it. 
the first among the Romans, among whom 
"I'll find some whose memory hasn't been dumb. 
ersed only by Infcriptions & other mona- 
antique mens. I bring auffi back in the second- 
The book gives me some choice of buildings made in 
{udée, in Greece, & various other places sorting* 
the Roman Empire; & at the end of that period, the 
blame Book, he spoke of the decadence of 
Ancient tears, and there's a way to escape them 
decadence of the Roman Empire. 

Fewer Architeâes will be found in the 
third Book than in the previous one, &one 
is not to be fooled by it, since it does not contain 
that fiendishly fiendish, ienorant, barbaric- 
rie , quMs fembloient defiinei à la defiruâion 
General of Science & Fine Arts. 

Finally, the fourth book eft prefers everything. 
used to describe what could be learned from 
particular concerning the Architeâes who appeared in the 
in Italy & France since the beginning* 
Ponziéme fîécle juf'à la fin du qua- 
twelfth, & who built most of the old- 
nes Eglifes , & others, edifices that we call 
Gothic or Modern. 

I thought I should say something about the differ- 
rentes manières de bâtir , félon Toccafion which 
s*c(l prefered , favoured in the ancient manner 
that was in ufage among the ancient Greeks... 
Komains ^ & in the Gothic way , that we 
claims to have been introduced by the Gots* Les 
Sarazins have had a particular taste that oa 
can call Arabia, because indeed the 

Arabs^ 



P k E P A C Ei 

The Arabs remember being the main Arabs in this area. 
...killers. 

UArchitcâare antique i^'efi other than the one* 
that Vitfuve & fcs Interpreters talked about. On Vé* 
With regard to Gothic buildings, there's no such thing as aa- 
who gave them rules, but we..: 
notes two strong Gothic buildings > 
tile tile for the old and modern. The most an-^ 
ckns ii'ôpt riep de rècomtnandable que kurfo<" 
lidity & their size. For the modern Ic$, it" 
fimt of a fi G^pof taste to that of the old Cro* 
ticks, that those who omitted them should be punished,1 
have paSed in aaufll great excess of delicacy yi 
that the others see 6ût in an extreme p- 
fimer & groaning, especially in what* 
rc;keep the ornaments. It's not difficult to ^de^ 
(reopened in France & miscellaneous: other countries of9*. 
examples of this]^ two archaic forts, 

The way to build Sarazin or Arab ^^ 
"no fire is found in the hole. 
Author who had some rules about it. y but oœ 
doesn't even see buildings in France that 
can you set a good example, and give me a way to get to the "e. 
will examine them with certainty in what way... 
they could be different. Just decide. We can... 
by learning about it^some thoft from the people who^ 
have seen the bâîknteus ^the Mores or Arabs"* 
have milked in Africa and Spain, where they do 
the refectories of plufieuçs^M^fquées, Châteaux, &. 
Palaces, such as the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, the Alchaxar, 
& various other buildings you see in Grena- 
from, to Seville , toTolede & elsewhere. 

In addition to the four different ways db bâtii^' 
...that Ton. just talked about, we can still do that. 
get another one, favor the last ones^^ 

A. 6> Gcecs,, 



PREFACE, 
Greeks, who is really only a tit. 
with an antiqae & arabefqnc taste, such as 
he cft aifed to be judged by the Eglife of Saint Maccdc 
Venitc , & other Italian buildings , where the buildings are 
loniies 6t the other members of archilcâuce ap- 
are closer to ancient proportions. 

An connects, fi j^i pact of some bâtimcos; 
that don't make the most famous or the most ez-- 
cclkns, c'eft qu'il m'a (ëmblé qucptaflenn per- 
fcroicnt sounds well aifes ie faroic en qnelsc' 
time and by qcclles occ^ons ces ouvrages ont 
Done; & qoc Books such as the one I; 
pretend to bring to light, do Iburcnt'lûs with 
...of the DIFFERENT TUcs. However, as I do not 
gives i prefer that some of what i'm doing to myself 
I'm willing to write about it, I'm willing to-- 
in what's happening to me again, I'm increasing or re- 
traneher, you little brat I'll make you Judge that OiK 
will have made these four prcmicfs Books. 



COLLECTION 



R E G U E I L 

HI STORIQ.UE.. 

OF LIFE 



"»«* 



AND RAGES 

P L U S^ G E T E B R E S ' 

ARCHITECTS. 

1.1 V RE FIRST. 

^Art to build cflT one of the first pre- 
miers Arts that men have 
put into practice. Sacred Scripture- 
te fa) teaches us that Cain 
^ built a city, (b) which he called 
^ Henoch by the name of Thy soul. Noah 
he went to TArche (where he retired during The Delu*). 
ge (d). Fleeing Nembroth , that the Hidorians 
"The Church has to be the same as Belus. 
^îcva the Tower of Babel (e). Ninus, sonsdecc 
Belus , built the city of Nineveh (f); &. 

A 7 bien- 

fa} Gen. c. 4" v. 17. (b) Virs V'en j'oo. ât U 
^Uti^n du Monde, (c) Gen. c.6. 7. (d) Van du 
Mvndê 16^6, 1329. years old and J, C. (e) AroundJ'an 
in myJi 1 800. Jofeph. hifl. jud, 1. 1. c. 4" Gen.c. i It 
(f) y$rs tendu Méndti^^o. 




î Recuiilde ta Vie & des Ouvrages 

Soon afterwards ;::Sexnirai4!s that of BabTIoneCâ^ 
Ct-fyt éavixùttcc teihfrti là quèe l* on vit vit paroifdtr 
in Egypt the âimeafes cities of Thebes & of 
Memp^is, ^"qàejes^plaflDdèboes cities beyond 
Greece, & various other païs, began 
i be foundedjpsA y 

On nc^fak point qaiinfeiit ks Ârchkeâesde 
so many buildings that we made then", fi ce n'eQ that we 
to fear that your Kings are afraid of your vices. 
tnz*iâ^me^ the lescotidbâeoifs of these great deÎTcinSy 
as they appear to have been the kivfsntcurs". 
And the party-penlis may not be too far away... 
of the truth; at least with respect to one particular 
the ones that I have notnmex: then that he eftdéja cons- 
so much so, feloti the scripture, that Cain &... 
Noah priremJoyocttz-meaie^dcs ottVMges that they 
...did that. 

Some Hifionians (b) ïifflate that Semi- 
non flammable ramis dreiBi le plm de fi^bylonipt 
but that she referred to the general conduct of the 
work she had done, instructing the prin- 
lords of Fa Court to have hay, &... 
to watch over the workers. 

One can name pIufîeur$ other9g^a^ds^ 
Princes who have had no less paflion than 
this PrincefTe for the Architedlare: but not having 
deflexive to talk about the perfumers who have made 
a whole profffion of this art > it does not eft to. 
About getting away from our main subject... 

So I'd say that the most senior people who've done 
a special building profefBon, & whose 
names make us known (c) , were Beselëel 

threads 

(a; nrs Paît duMpnâe looo. (h) Diodor. Sîcu/. 
i;i.c.4. (c) Eiod. c. 31. 35.)^&c. J©reph.hift, 
jud.l.^.c. 5.^.7.8.8(9") 



of the most famous ArchiU^is. L 1 7. I. Ç 

son of Uri & Mary oven of Moses, & little* 
son of Hur of the Tribe deluda (a) , &Ô0L1 aj^ 
otherwise Eliab, son of Achi&mech, or! 
mach, from the Tribe of Dan. 11 eft true^û^onne 
of their works, so it was a great pleasure for them to be 
they who dreil the labemacle that Moses threads... 
bùit dans le defèrt (b) : mais Jïcriture marque 
fi ezpreiKment the great coimoificaTions that ite 
have received from God, that they must be co%%- 
faithful like the two most czcellen workers 
which had yet appeared; for they did tohs le^ 
bronze, silver, ot & pier- 
The "Preciousness" of the Tabctnacle was in- 
richi (c). 

^ Trophokius & Agamedes ontvécude-^ 
then (d) , & make the first of the Architects 
Greeks he mentioned. Some of them 
pretended that Trophonius was the son of Apollo: 
but those who have searched with more hay 
the truth of fon hiHoire, as long as Agamedes 
...the son ofrginus king of Ilebes. He 
cft certain at least that they pay all their dues. 
Life in a very close friendship, & that they have- 
"have gained a great deal of reputation for their work. 
Between the ones they made together in reverse^ 
place, we're building a sacred temple in Nep. 
tune close to Mantinea, but peculiar*. 
the faoKUx temple of Apollo which was at 
Delphi. Cicero reports (ej that after they 
and again they prayed to Apollo for their ac- 
strings 

(a) Phil. Jod. 1. 1. Sacr. îeg. AUegor. And lîb. de 

Fbnrat. Kûë.^ (h) Vtm du Mûndt 2455*. 2. year$ 

. Mris Uf^rùè d* Egypt, (c) Bnfipt mois di umfs 

ftUnJpfifki. (dl Vm iUm of the Mcwie 1600. (e) Tuic. 



4 UVie & Det Collection of Works 

string for the reward of your work what is important 
is more useful to man, & that three^ 
days later they were found dead. What didn't- 
not what Paufiinias (a) writes about it. II'. 

Says who, after finishing the temple in Delphi, he? 
still worked at various buildings, & that in- 
The others turned it into Lebadia ( b) , where: 
Hyricus put fon tréfor , which was , at which he pre 
tends to be the real death sentence of these i\r- 
chiteâes. For (buying what this place was for- 
the wall, they have added some stones of the wall of the 
so strong that they can lift them with Beau-- 
easy way, & by this means enter from* 
in & fortunately fans that we can get close to it. 
see. Hyrieus seeing every day diminish fon 
money, set traps for himself. Tropho- 
nius & Âgamedes not doubting anything, going- 
go to the treasury as usual; & as Aga- 
medes wanted to get his hand in one of the fumes 
where Targcnt was, he was detained. Trophoj 
nius did what he could to free him: but he did not. 
defefppfcrant to get rid of it, he fc lives reduced 
in the innocence of cutting his head off, for him... 
to put the shame of the fupplice out of the way, & to fc shoot him- 
...even from the danger where it was to be discovered. 

"...had not rather have committed this act than 1..." 
the earth opened up with crazy feet, & Tengloutit tout 
alive. It fe formed in the place where ibperit de I* 
a very deep Cavern, in which a very deep Cave, in which 
Since then, an Oracle has been confessed, and the Oracle got used to it... 
to hear & believed to be rendered by Tro- 
phonius Ce) :^which was caufe than not feule-