Architectonic Sector

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Compasso architettonico. Nome coniato nell'Inghilterra del '700 come traduzione di archisesto.

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Inventor

Ottavio Revese Bruti (XVI-XVII sec.)


Historic Period

1627


Description

Compasso di proporzione per il disegno degli ordini architettonci diffuso in Inghilterra sul modello dell'archisesto di Ottavio Revese Bruti.


Bibliographical Resources

Johnston, Stephen. Science, satire and the architectonic sector. XXV Symposium of the Scientific Instrument Commission, Krakow 2006.

Kirby, Joshua. The Description and Use of a New Instrument called an Architectonic Sector.... London, 1761.

Malie, Thomas. A New and Accurate Method of Delineating all the Parts of the Different Orders in Architecture. London, 1737.

Revese Bruti, Ottavio. Archisesto per formar con facilita li cinque ordini d'architettura; con altri particolari intorno la medesima professione. Vicenza, 1627.

Wittkover, Rudolf. Palladio and English Palladianism. Thames and Hudson, London, 1974.


Existing Instruments

Oxford, Museum of the History of Science, inv. 55213.
Oxford, Museum of the History of Science, inv. 76416.
Oxford, Museum of the History of Science, inv. 40175.


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Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota

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