The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt
Paris, Bibl. nat., MS Fr 19093
© Carl F. Barnes, Jr., 2001
Quick Checklist of Subjects by Folio
| Folio | Subjects, Top to Bottom |
| 1r | Miscellaneous / Felibien Inscription / Saint-Germain-des-Pres Number |
| 1v | “Preface” / Seated Apostles / Man and Woman / Tumbler (Salome?) |
| 2r | Villard, who went to Hungary / Snail |
| 2v | Crucifixion |
| 3r | Later Copy of 2v / later Pilaster |
| 3v | Pride / Humility |
| 4r | Bear / Swan / Architectural Motif (Heavenly Jerusalem?) |
| 4v | Ecclesia |
| 5r | Perpetual Motion Device |
| 5v | Leaf Faces / Leaf Rinceau / Leaves |
| 6r | Tomb of a Saracen |
| 6v | Horologe / Dragon |
| 7r | Lectern |
| 7v | Insects / Labyrinth |
| 8r | Crucifixion Group / later “Greek” Inscription, date 1533 |
| 8v | Two Mounted Knights |
| 9r | Gamblers / Tantalus Cup / Handwarmer |
| 9v | Laon Tower Plan / Turret / Bearded Head |
| 10r | Laon Tower Elevation |
| 10v | Virgin and Child / Reims Nave Aisle Window |
| 11r | Seated Christ / Dragon on Foliate Motif |
| 11v | Standing Nude beside Altar |
| 12r | Prostitute who appeared before Solomon |
| 12v | Seated Knight / Bishop / Magus pointing at a Star |
| 13r | Unidentified (Joseph and Brothers? Christ before Caiphias?) |
| 13v | Deposition / Lion and Ox Evangelist Symbols |
| 14r | Seated Knight with Falcon and Lady |
| 14v | Wrestlers / Cistercian Squares Church Plan / Cambrai Choir Plan |
| 15r | Plan “devised” by Villard and Pierre de Corbie / Meaux Choir Plan |
| 15v | Hungarian (Pilis?) Paving Tiles / Pier Plan / Chartres West Rose |
| 16r | Lausanne South Transept Rose / Seated Figure (Moses removing Sandals?) |
| 16v | Majestas Domini |
| 17r | Vaucelles Choir Plan / Prone Sleeping Apostle |
| 17v | Roofing Schemes / Sconce |
| 18r | Bearded Head / Beginning of Geometrical Figures |
| 18v | Geometrical Figures |
| 19r | Geometrical Figures |
| 19v | Geometrical Figures, including “Face in the Square” |
| 20r | “By this means one . . .” (Palimpsest later than Villard) |
| 20v | “By this means one . . .” (Palimpsest later than Villard) |
| 21r | “By this means one . . .” (Palimpsest later than Villard) |
| 21v | Wheel of Fortune / Two later Recipes (Waterproofing / Depilatory) |
| 22r | Leaf Faces / Standing and Seated Nudes |
| 22v | Carpentry Devices |
| 23r | Carpentry Devices |
| 23v | Seated Sleeping Apostle / Soldier Mounting a Horse |
| 24r | Lion Training |
| 24v | Frontal Lion / Porcupine |
| 25r | Seated King (Solomon?) |
| 25v | Standing Christ with Disk / Archer and Spearman |
| 26r | Parakeets / Man playing a Violin / Dog / Woman with Bird / Dog |
| 26v | Three Scenes of Lion Killing |
| 27r | Gladiator(?) and Lion / Martyrdom of Sts. Cosmas and Damian |
| 27v | Two Side Views of Choir Stalls / Christ (?) Blessing |
| 28r | Prophet with Scroll / Apostle (St. John the Evangelist?) |
| 28v | Flagellation of Christ / Arrest of Christ |
| 29r | Side View of Choir Stall |
| 29v | Man in Chlamys |
| 30r | Plan of a Trebuchet |
| 30v | Reims Radiating Chapel Interior |
| 31r | Reims Chapel Exterior |
| 31v | Reims Nave Interior and Exterior Elevations |
| 32r | Reims Pier Plans and Templates |
| 32v | Reims Choir Buttresses |
| 33r | Cannabis Elixir Recipe / Flower Color Preserver Recipe |
| 33v | J. Mancel Comment (15th Century) that “there are 41 leaves in the book” |
| Revised 23 February 2005 |