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 |