建筑十书英文版.doc

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Ten Books on Architecture, by Vitruvius This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title: Ten Books on Architecture Author: Vitruvius Release Date: December 31, 2006 [EBook #20239] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE *** Produced by Chuck Greif, Melissa Er-Raqabi, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at VITRUVIUS THE TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE TRANSLATED BYMORRIS HICKY MORGAN, PH.D., LL.D.LATE PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL PHILOLOGYIN HARVARD UNIVERSITY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND ORIGINAL DESIGNSPREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OFHERBERT LANGFORD WARREN, A.M.NELSON ROBINSON JR. PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTUREIN HARVARD UNIVERSITYCAMBRIDGEHARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORDOXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS1914 COPYRIGHT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CONTENTSLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSINDEX PREFACE During the last years of his life, Professor Morgan had devoted much time and energy to the preparation of a translation of Vitruvius, which he proposed to supplement with a revised text, illustrations, and notes. He had completed the translation, with the exception of the last four chapters of the tenth book, and had discussed, with Professor Warren, the illustrations intended for the first six books of the work; the notes had not been arranged or completed, though many of them were outlined in the manuscript, or the intention to insert them indicated. The several books of the translation, so far as it was completed, had been read to a little group of friends, consisting of Professors Sheldon and Kittredge, and myself, and had received our criticism, which had, at times, been utilized in the revision of the work. After the death of Professor Morgan, in spite of