Vitruvius and later Roman building manuals, by Hugh Plommer.

Main entry:

Cetius Faventinus, Marcus.

Title & Author:

Vitruvius and later Roman building manuals, by Hugh Plommer.

Publication:

London, Cambridge University Press, 1973.

Description:

vii, 117 pages illustrations 23 cm

Series:

Cambridge classical studies

Notes:
"An edition and translation of Faventinus' compendium of Vitruvius' De architectura."--Jacket.
Translation of De diversis fabricis architectonicae.
Parallel Latin text and English translation; English introd., notes and commentary.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes text and translation of: De diversis fabricis architectonicae/by Marcus Cetius Faventinus.

Summary:

An edition and translation of Faventinus' Compendium of Vitruvius' De architectura. There is an introductory account of the relationship between Vitruvius and the world of Faventinus and Palladius, both of whom made great use of Vitruvian material, Palladius apparently deriving it exclusively from Faventinus. But they did not borrow it slavishly. Both adapted it and added to it in the light of the practical concerns of their own day and technical developments not available to Vitruvius. Dr Plommer holds the view, orthodox since Nohl, that Faventinus wrote in the early fourth century AD and Palladius probably a century later. The text has a translation on facing pages and is followed by a commentary on the main points of interest in it. This is the first translation of the text to appear and the book will be of interest to historians of technology and of architecture in the ancient world, as well as to classicists.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521201411
9780521201414

Subject:

Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture.
Building construction Early works, c.300-490 Latin-English parallel texts

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Plommer, Hugh.
Vitruvius Pollio. De architectura.
Cambridge classical studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 32330
Call No.: W8931; ID:88-B4044
Status: Available

Location: Library main 32331
Call No.: 8185; ID:88-B4044
Status: Available

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