16世紀の建築・絵画・彫刻・工芸技法書。ステンドグラスの記述もあり。
Great craftsman and biographer's full, readable discussions of architecture — orders, pavements, planning and design, etc.; sculpture — modelling in wax and clay, tools and materials used in marble carving, reliefs, bronze figures, etc.; painting — foreshortening, coloring, fresco, tempera, gilding, stained glass windows, niello work, etc. 29 illustrations.