Talk:De architectura

Introduction
Book One Introduces us to: THE EDUCATION OF THE ARCHITECT, THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE and THE DEPARTMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE (Morgan translation). The Wikipedia article omits this important material, citing only Town Planning. Many readers come to this work only to read these chapters, and there are many consequences to architectural theory because of such readings.

Commodity
The article tells us that the word "commodity" is often misunderstood, but fails to tells how it should be understood. What would a better word be? —MiguelMunoz (talk) 19:34, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Commodity
This is Sir Henry Wotten's British term of translation of UTILITAS. Morris Hickey Morgan's 1914 translation uses "convenience". Today we would say usefulness, referring to our interaction with the work of architecture other than the aesthetic.

Split of Aqueduct
For those familiar with this work and its detail, it would be useful to have some input regarding the multiple meanings of Aqueduct, particularly correct classification: Aqueduct. —Sladen (talk) 15:37, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Cement
The article mentions that concrete wasn't known at the authors time. However, in the last part of the original work about wells a recipe and use case for lining wells with cement is provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2121:308:343A:0:13:6D3D:F201 (talk) 18:41, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Illustrations
We currently say "From references to them in the text, we know that there were at least a few illustrations in original copies (perhaps eight), but none of these survived in medieval manuscript copies." I've seen ten mentioned, & at least one survived - the wind chart in the "London Vitruvius" (BL). I've added a bit on that, from Tower of the Winds. Johnbod (talk) 16:27, 30 May 2024 (UTC)