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
- De Architectura libri decem, c15 BCE.
- Critical editions
- De architectura, ed. Valentin Rose, Leipzig: Teubner, 1899. (German)
- De architectura, 2 vols., ed. F. Granger, 1945-70. (English)
- De architectura, ed. C. Fensterbuch, Darmstadt, 1964. (German)
- De architectura, Paris, 1969-73. (French)
- De architectura. Testo latino a fronte, 1999. (Italian)
- Translations
- The Ten Books on Architecture, trans. Morris H. Morgan, Harvard University Press, 1914, 331 pp, IA. (English)
- On Architecture, 1 [Book I-V], ed. & trans. Frank Granger, London: Heinemann, and New York: Putnam, Loeb Classical Library, 1931, 317 pp. (English)
Literature
- Indra Kagis McEwen, Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture, 2004.