Honnecourt, Villard de (712 - ?)

Inventor, designer

Architect, he is known for his portfolio of 33 sheets of parchment containing also some mechanical devices and a perpetual motion machine Who-is-Who in MMS, scholar, architect, automata, treatiser, perpetual motion.

variant spelling:
Honnecourt, Villard de

Curriculum vitae

* 700 - 725	Honnecourt (Cambrai)	born
13. century		He travelled in France, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary
13. century		He composed his Livre de portraiture
13. century		He worked as architect
† ?		died

Collections

Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780

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DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=1627004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_1627004.html

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Honnecourt, Villard de (712 - ?)