M. Vitruvii, viri suae professionis peritissimi, De architectura libri decem, ad Augustum Caesarem accuratiss. conscripti: & nunc primum in Germania qua potuit diligentia excusi, atque hinc inde schema tibus non iniucundis exornati (1543) - Page 17

INSCRIPTIONS,

FROM THE ITALIAN TRANSLATION

of the author, with the illustrations placed above

THE PORTICO OF THE CARIATES. Page 3.
The Persian portico, established as a mark of virtue, [with] images of captive Plataeans supporting the roof in place of columns; the glory of Pausanias, leader of the Spartans. Page 5.
The figure of walls, battlements, and towers. Page 18.
The figure of a foundation made in a comb-like pattern, just as saw-teeth are accustomed to be. Page 21.
The figure of aeolipiles a simple steam turbine. Page 22.
The marble octagonal tower of the Athenians, the Tower of the Winds, built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus. Page 24.
The figure of Triton. Page 25.
A marble level amussium carpenter's level. Page 27.
The golden age, which is said to have been the beginning of architecture, the creation of speech through fire, and the start of human life among the ancients. Page 33.
Building from the first age of men in the world; for many imitated examples of life from animals. Page 35.
The wooden construction of the ancient Colchians and barbarians. Page 37.
The figure of Greek bricks formed from three types, and their sections and compositions. Page 40.
The structure of five-hand bricks pentadori bricks five palms long. Page 42.
The structure of four-hand bricks tetradori bricks four palms long. Page 42.
The illustrated indication of reticulated walls. Page 43.
The figure of ancient imbricated structure, which is called an uncertain wall. Page 49.
Of monuments contained within orthostats upright stone slabs. Page 51.
The structure of isodomi masonry with equal-height courses. Page 52.
The structure of pseudisodomi masonry with unequal-height courses. Page 53.
The structure of emplectrum masonry with two outer faces and a rubble core. Page 54.
The structure of the Greeks from diverse bricks and ornaments, containing a wall between continuous diatones tie-stones spanning the wall thickness. Page 55.