De architectura
Object type: Book ; Ornament and Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Anonymous, British, 15th century|Marcus Pollio Vitruvius
Artist bio:  |Roman, active late 1st century BCE
Artist role: Draftsman|Author
Artist nationality: British|Italian
Date: 1400–50
Medium: Manuscript; brownish black ink and red and blue pigments on vellum
Dimensions: book: 11 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (30.2 x 23.5 x 3.2 cm)
sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 11/16 in. (29.7 x 22 cm)
Classification: Books|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession year: 1941