• Ms. Casanatense 1393,
    Alacensis De aspectibus & Euclidis Perspectiva
    (late 14ₜₕ / early 15ₜₕ)
  • Vat. Lat. 4595,
    Libro de li aspecti
    (Transcription by Pietro Roccasecca)
  • Mark Smith,
    Alhacen. A Critical Edition
    (Philadelphia 2001-2010)
    Books 1-7
  • Friedrich Risner,
    Opticae Thesaurus
    (Basel 1572)
    Pars I: Alhacen, De Optica
  • Friedrich Risner,
    Opticae Thesaurus
    (Basel 1572)
    Pars II: De Crepusculis
  • Friedrich Risner,
    Opticae Thesaurus
    (Basel 1572)
    Pars III: Vitello, De Optica
  • Lorenzo Ghiberti,
    Commentario Terzo
    (ca. 1450)
  • Klaus Bergdolt,
    Der dritte Kommentar Lorenzo Ghibertis
    (Weinheim 1988)
  • Leon Battista Alberti,
    De pictvra praestantissima et numqvam satis laudata arte
    (Basel 1540)
  • Leon Battista Alberti,
    La pittura
    (Venezia 1547)
  • Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo,
    Trattato dell'Arte
    (Milano 1585)
    Libri III-V
  • Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo,
    Artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & building
    (Oxford 1598)
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A Tracte containing the artes of curious Pantinge Carvinge buildinge 

To the right worshipfull Thomas Bodley Esquire To the ingenuous reader Iohn Case Doctor of Physicke to his friende R. H. of New Colledge  A table of the chapters The preface to the worke, wherein is handled the excellencie, original and Progresse of Painting The division of the worke

The first booke of the naturall and artlificiall proportion of things, by Io: Paule Lomatius, Painter of Milane

I. The definition of Painting. II. Of the division of Painting.  III. Of the vertue and praise of proportion.  IV. Of the necessitie and definition of proportion. V. Of the externallparts if mans body. VI. The proportion of a mans body of tenne faces in lenght and bredth. VII. The proportion of a mans body of tenne *faces. VIII. The extravagant proportion of tenne heads. IX. The proportion of a young man of nine heads. X. The proportion of a man of eight heads. XI. Of the proportion of a mans body of seven heads.  XII. Of the Proportion of a woman of tenne faces. XIII. Of the proportion of a woman of tenne heads. XIIII. The proportion of a woman of nine faces. XV. Of the proportion of a woman of nine heads. XVI. The proportion of a woman of seven heads. XVII. The proportion of a woman of six  heads. XVIII. The proportion of a child of five heads. XIX. The proportion of a childe of foure heads. XX. Of the external partes of an horse in particular, and of their names. XXI. Of the proportion of an horse before and behinde. XXII. Of the measures of an horse from limme to limme. XXIII. Of the proprtions of the orders of architecture in generall. XXIIII. Of the proportion od the Tuscane order. XXV. Of the proportion of the doricke. XXVI. Of the proportion of the ionick order. XXVII. Of the proportion of the corinthian order. XXVIII. Of the proportion of the composite. XXIX. Of the intercolumneations of the columnes in resepct of themselves, and of their dimension, and aspects. XXX. Howe the measures of ships, temples nad other things were first drawne from the imitation of mans bodie.  XXIX(sic!). Whence all proportions doe arise.   XXXII. Of the power of proportion, and how by it the true bignesse of the Colossi may be shewed.

The second booke of the actions, gestures, situation, decorum, motion, spirit, and grace of pictures, by Ioannes Paule Lomatius of Milane.

I. Of the vertue and efficacie of Motion.   II. Of the necessitie of motion. III. Of the passions of the minde, their originall and difference. IIII. Hovv the bodie is altered by the passions of the minde. V. In what kinde of bodies the passions of the minde are most forcible. VI. Howw the bodie is altered by imitation. VII. Of the motions procured by the seven planets. VIII. Howw all the motions may accidentallie befall anie man, though diverslie. IX. Of the motions of Melan, cholie, fearefulnesse, slownesse, envie, bashfulnesse, and anxiete. X. Of the motions of fortitude, fidelitie, iustice, devotion, maiestie, and constancie. XI. Of Audacitie, strenght, fiercenesse, horror, fury, anger, cruelty, violence, raving, roughnes, obstinacy, terriblenes, disdaine, impetie, iniurie, hatred, pride, vanitie, and adventuring. XII. Of honour, commaundement, nobility, magnanimity, liberality, excellency, bountie, discretion, mirth, and pitty. XIII. Of vehement desire, grace, beawtie, comlines, gentility, curtesie, flattering, enticing, adulation [...]  XIIII. Of Vvisedome, craftines, malicem wittines, deceite, theft, honesty, modesty, idlenes, and exercise. XV. Of credulity, dread, humilty [...] XVI. Of paine, wondring, death, folly [...] XVII. Of divers other necessaire motions. XVIII. Of the concord and discord of the motions, and of their uniting. XIX. Of certaine motions of horses. XX. Of the motions of living creatures in generall. XXI. Of the motions of hayre. XXII. Of the motions of all sortes of cloth. XXIII. Of the motions of trees, and all other thinges that are moved.

The third booke treating of colour by Ioannes Paulus Lomatius painter of Milane

I. Of the vertue of Colour. II. Of the necessity of colouring. III. The definition of colour: how many kindes thereof there bee: and whence they are caused. IIII. Of the matters of colours. V. What sorts of colours agree with each kinf of painting. VI. Of the natural agreement and disagreement betweene the colours. VII. What middle colours arise from the divers mixtures of the simples. VIII. Of the agreement of light and darke colours with each other. IX. Of the transparant colours, and how they are wrought. X. Of the order of making chaungeables. XI. Of the effects caused by colours. XII. Of blacke. XIII. Of white.  XIIII. Of redde. XV. Of the colour of Peacocke. XVI. Of yeallowe. XVII. Of greene. XVIII. Of blew. XIX. Of certain other colours. A briefe censure of the booke of colours.

The fourth booke of light, by Ioannes Paulus Lomatius painter of Milane

I. Of the vertue of Light II. Of the necessity of light. III. Of the nature of light. IIII. Of the division of light. V. Of the primary light. VI. Of the second primarie light. VII. Of the third primary light. VIII. Of the seconday light. IX. Of the direct light. X. Of reflected light. XI. Of refracted or broken light. XII. After what sort all bodies receive light more or lesse. XIII. Of the effects which light produceth in bodies in generall.  XIIII. Of the effects which light produceth in earthy bodies.  XV. Of the effects which light causeth in waterie bodies. XVI. Of the effects which the light causeth in aeriall bodies. XVII. Of the effects which light produceth in fierie bodies. XVIII. Of the effects which light causeth in colours. XIX. Of the effects which the light hath in everie kinde of superficies. XX. How the bodies require but one principal light above the rest. XXI. How to give the light to bodies. XXII. Of sciography. XXIII. Of the shadow of bodies according to the sight anoptical. XXIIII. Of the shadowes of the bodies according to the sight opticall. XV. Of the shadowes of bodies according to the sight catoptical.

The fifth booke of the perspectives by Ioannes Paulus Lomatius painter of Milane

I. The Proeme.  II. Of the vertue of perspective. III. The definition of perspectives. IIII. Of the manner of our sight in generall. V. Of the manner of seeing in particular. VI. Of the beames of the sight.  VII. Of the eie the instruments of seeing the beames. VIII. Of distance. IX. Of the obiect. X. Of anoptica the first sight of reall and upper line. XI. Of optica the second sight or reall middle and direct line. XII. Of catoptica the third sight or reall and lower line. XIII. Of the first deceitfull sight *uppermost perpendicular. XIIII. Of the second and oblique deceitful sight. XV. Of the third deceitfull sight above.  XVI. Of the fourth deceitfull middle sight. XVII. Of the fift deceitful sight below. XVIII. Of the sixt deceitful sight being deepe or inwarde. XIX. Of bowings. XX. Of the lifting up of bodies upon a plaine line. XXI. Of perspective in general, according to Bramantino a perspective painter and architect. XXII. The first perspective of Bramantino. XXIII. Bramantines second perspective. XXIIII. Bramantines third perspective.

A Tracte containing the artes of curious Pantinge Carvinge buildinge 

To the right worshipfull Thomas Bodley Esquire To the ingenuous reader Iohn Case Doctor of Physicke to his friende R. H. of New Colledge  A table of the chapters The preface to the worke, wherein is handled the excellencie, original and Progresse of Painting The division of the worke

The first booke of the naturall and artlificiall proportion of things, by Io: Paule Lomatius, Painter of Milane

I. The definition of Painting. II. Of the division of Painting.  III. Of the vertue and praise of proportion.  IV. Of the necessitie and definition of proportion. V. Of the externallparts if mans body. VI. The proportion of a mans body of tenne faces in lenght and bredth. VII. The proportion of a mans body of tenne *faces. VIII. The extravagant proportion of tenne heads. IX. The proportion of a young man of nine heads. X. The proportion of a man of eight heads. XI. Of the proportion of a mans body of seven heads.  XII. Of the Proportion of a woman of tenne faces. XIII. Of the proportion of a woman of tenne heads. XIIII. The proportion of a woman of nine faces. XV. Of the proportion of a woman of nine heads. XVI. The proportion of a woman of seven heads. XVII. The proportion of a woman of six  heads. XVIII. The proportion of a child of five heads. XIX. The proportion of a childe of foure heads. XX. Of the external partes of an horse in particular, and of their names. XXI. Of the proportion of an horse before and behinde. XXII. Of the measures of an horse from limme to limme. XXIII. Of the proprtions of the orders of architecture in generall. XXIIII. Of the proportion od the Tuscane order. XXV. Of the proportion of the doricke. XXVI. Of the proportion of the ionick order. XXVII. Of the proportion of the corinthian order. XXVIII. Of the proportion of the composite. XXIX. Of the intercolumneations of the columnes in resepct of themselves, and of their dimension, and aspects. XXX. Howe the measures of ships, temples nad other things were first drawne from the imitation of mans bodie.  XXIX(sic!). Whence all proportions doe arise.   XXXII. Of the power of proportion, and how by it the true bignesse of the Colossi may be shewed.

The second booke of the actions, gestures, situation, decorum, motion, spirit, and grace of pictures, by Ioannes Paule Lomatius of Milane.

I. Of the vertue and efficacie of Motion.   II. Of the necessitie of motion. III. Of the passions of the minde, their originall and difference. IIII. Hovv the bodie is altered by the passions of the minde. V. In what kinde of bodies the passions of the minde are most forcible. VI. Howw the bodie is altered by imitation. VII. Of the motions procured by the seven planets. VIII. Howw all the motions may accidentallie befall anie man, though diverslie. IX. Of the motions of Melan, cholie, fearefulnesse, slownesse, envie, bashfulnesse, and anxiete. X. Of the motions of fortitude, fidelitie, iustice, devotion, maiestie, and constancie. XI. Of Audacitie, strenght, fiercenesse, horror, fury, anger, cruelty, violence, raving, roughnes, obstinacy, terriblenes, disdaine, impetie, iniurie, hatred, pride, vanitie, and adventuring. XII. Of honour, commaundement, nobility, magnanimity, liberality, excellency, bountie, discretion, mirth, and pitty. XIII. Of vehement desire, grace, beawtie, comlines, gentility, curtesie, flattering, enticing, adulation [...]  XIIII. Of Vvisedome, craftines, malicem wittines, deceite, theft, honesty, modesty, idlenes, and exercise. XV. Of credulity, dread, humilty [...] XVI. Of paine, wondring, death, folly [...] XVII. Of divers other necessaire motions. XVIII. Of the concord and discord of the motions, and of their uniting. XIX. Of certaine motions of horses. XX. Of the motions of living creatures in generall. XXI. Of the motions of hayre. XXII. Of the motions of all sortes of cloth. XXIII. Of the motions of trees, and all other thinges that are moved.

The third booke treating of colour by Ioannes Paulus Lomatius painter of Milane

I. Of the vertue of Colour. II. Of the necessity of colouring. III. The definition of colour: how many kindes thereof there bee: and whence they are caused. IIII. Of the matters of colours. V. What sorts of colours agree with each kinf of painting. VI. Of the natural agreement and disagreement betweene the colours. VII. What middle colours arise from the divers mixtures of the simples. VIII. Of the agreement of light and darke colours with each other. IX. Of the transparant colours, and how they are wrought. X. Of the order of making chaungeables. XI. Of the effects caused by colours. XII. Of blacke. XIII. Of white.  XIIII. Of redde. XV. Of the colour of Peacocke. XVI. Of yeallowe. XVII. Of greene. XVIII. Of blew. XIX. Of certain other colours. A briefe censure of the booke of colours.

The fourth booke of light, by Ioannes Paulus Lomatius painter of Milane

I. Of the vertue of Light II. Of the necessity of light. III. Of the nature of light. IIII. Of the division of light. V. Of the primary light. VI. Of the second primarie light. VII. Of the third primary light. VIII. Of the seconday light. IX. Of the direct light. X. Of reflected light. XI. Of refracted or broken light. XII. After what sort all bodies receive light more or lesse. XIII. Of the effects which light produceth in bodies in generall.  XIIII. Of the effects which light produceth in earthy bodies.  XV. Of the effects which light causeth in waterie bodies. XVI. Of the effects which the light causeth in aeriall bodies. XVII. Of the effects which light produceth in fierie bodies. XVIII. Of the effects which light causeth in colours. XIX. Of the effects which the light hath in everie kinde of superficies. XX. How the bodies require but one principal light above the rest. XXI. How to give the light to bodies. XXII. Of sciography. XXIII. Of the shadow of bodies according to the sight anoptical. XXIIII. Of the shadowes of the bodies according to the sight opticall. XV. Of the shadowes of bodies according to the sight catoptical.

The fifth booke of the perspectives by Ioannes Paulus Lomatius painter of Milane

I. The Proeme.  II. Of the vertue of perspective. III. The definition of perspectives. IIII. Of the manner of our sight in generall. V. Of the manner of seeing in particular. VI. Of the beames of the sight.  VII. Of the eie the instruments of seeing the beames. VIII. Of distance. IX. Of the obiect. X. Of anoptica the first sight of reall and upper line. XI. Of optica the second sight or reall middle and direct line. XII. Of catoptica the third sight or reall and lower line. XIII. Of the first deceitfull sight *uppermost perpendicular. XIIII. Of the second and oblique deceitful sight. XV. Of the third deceitfull sight above.  XVI. Of the fourth deceitfull middle sight. XVII. Of the fift deceitful sight below. XVIII. Of the sixt deceitful sight being deepe or inwarde. XIX. Of bowings. XX. Of the lifting up of bodies upon a plaine line. XXI. Of perspective in general, according to Bramantino a perspective painter and architect. XXII. The first perspective of Bramantino. XXIII. Bramantines second perspective. XXIIII. Bramantines third perspective.
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