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Giocondo · 1513

Decorative initial letter Q
What architecture is and concerning the training of architects. Chapter I.
From what things architecture consists. Chapter II.
Concerning those matters of architecture in the distribution of private and public buildings, and of gnomonics and mechanics. Chapter III.
Concerning the selection of healthy locations, and what things hinder health, and from where light should be taken. Chapter IV.
Concerning the foundations of walls and towers. Chapter V.
Concerning the division of works that are within walls, and their disposition so that harmful blasts of wind are avoided. Chapter VI.
Concerning the selection of locations for the common use of the city. Chapter VII.
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Concerning the life of early men, and the beginnings of humanity, and of buildings, and their increases. Chapter I.
Concerning the principles of things according to the opinions of philosophers. Chapter II.
Concerning bricks. Chapter III.
Concerning sand. Chapter IV.
Concerning lime. Chapter V.
Concerning Puteolan dust volcanic ash. Chapter VI.
Concerning stone quarries. Chapter VII.
Concerning the types of structure, and their qualities, methods, and the timber to be cut. Chapter IX. original: "locas. Cap. VIII." — note: the original text contains a numbering error here.
Concerning fir wood, that which is from above and that which is from below, with a description of the Apennines. Chapter X.