Vitruvius
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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c80–70 BCE - c15 BCE), commonly known as Vitruvius, was a Roman author, architect, and civil engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work entitled De Architectura.
Works[edit]
- De Architectura libri decem, c15 BCE.
- Critical editions
- De architectura, ed. Valentin Rose, Leipzig: Teubner, 1899.
- De Architectura, 2 vols., ed. F. Granger, 1945-70.
- De Architectura, ed. C. Fensterbuch, Darmstadt, 1964.
- De L'Architecture. Livre IX, ed. J. Soubiran, Paris, 1969-73; Livre VIII, ed. L. Callebat, Paris, 1973; Livre VII, eds. B. Liou and M. Zuinghedau, Paris, 1995; Livre II, ed. L. Callebat, Paris, 1999.
- De Architectura, ed. & trans. Luciano Migotto, Pordenone: Studio Tesi, 1990, xxxvii+586 pp. (Latin)/(Italian)
- Translations
- Los diez libros de Arquitectura, trans. & notes Joseph Ortiz i Sanz, Madrid, 1787. (Spanish)
- Dell'architettura, trans. Carlo Amati, Milan, 1829-30, vol. 2. (Italian) Previous translations.
- L'Architecture, trans. Ch.-L. de Maufras, Paris: Panckoucke, 1847. (French) Previous translations.
- Zehn Bücher über Architektur, trans. & notes Franz Reber, Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffmann, 1865. (German) Previous translations.
- The Ten Books on Architecture, trans. Morris H. Morgan, Harvard UP, 1914, 331 pp, IA. (English) Review: Wetmore (Classical Weekly 1916). Previous translations.
- On Architecture, 1 [Book I-V], ed. & trans. Frank Granger, London: Heinemann, and New York: Putnam, Loeb Classical Library, 1931, 317 pp. (English)
- Vitruv, Zehn Bücher über Architektur, trans. & comm. Curt Fensterbusch, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1964. (German)/(Latin)
- Marco Vitruvio Pollione, De Architectura, trans. Luciano Migotto, Pordenone: Studio Tesi, 1990, xxxvii+586 pp. (Italian)/(Latin)
- Ten Books on Architecture, trans. Ingrid D. Rowland, comm. & illustr. Thomas Noble Howe, add. comm. Ingrid D. Rowland and Michael J. Dewar, Cambridge UP, 1999, xvi+333 pp. (English)
Literature[edit]
- Indra Kagis McEwen, Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture, 2004.
