| Title: | Marble work |
| Original Title: | Marbrerie |
| Volume and Page: | Plates vol. 5 (1765) |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Ann-Marie Ashworth. Architecture in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Scolar Press, 1993. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Marble work." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.507>. Trans. of "Marbrerie," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 5 (plates). Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Marble work." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.507 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Marbrerie," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 5 (plates) (Paris, 1765). |
Plate I: Marble Work, Simple Panels of Tiles of Different Shapes
The top illustration of this plate represents a marble mason's workshop scattered here and there with blocks of marble of all kinds, at the end of which there is a type of warehouse where one can work under cover. In this workshop there are several workmen diversely employed, one (a) sawing blocks, another (b) cutting a block of marble to make a tomb, and another (c) at work in the warehouse, his marble sections leaning against the warehouse for stability. At the front are several mantlepieces, squares and slabs of marble.
Figure 1. Tiles of white and black, or [alternatively] of two other checked colors.
Figure 2. The same tiles but in diamond [formation].
Figure 3. Squared tiles with two interfacing colors.
Figure 4. Tiles with diamond tips.
Plate II: Marble Work, Single compartment of tiles.
Plate III: Marble Work, Single compartment of tiles.
Plate IV: Marble Work, Hearthstones for large and small fireplaces and different floors for the underneath of vaults of double arches.
Plate V: Marble Work, Different sections of marble pavings for square rooms or lounges.
Plate VI: Marble Work, Different sections of marble pavings for circular rooms or lounges.
Plate VII: Marble Work, Sections of marble pavings for the Church of the Four Nations.
Plate VIII: Marble Work, Sections of marble pavings for the Church of the Sorbonne.
This plate represents the paving for the Church of the Sorbonne. A. main entrance [door], C. lower side of the nave, D. center of the dome, E. interior peristyle, F. chapel of the Blessed Virgin, G. passages, H. tomb of Cardinal de Richelieu, I. lower sides of the choir, K. interior exit, L. main body of the building.
PPlate IX: Marble Work, Plan of the paving of the sanctuary and of part of the choir of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris.
Plate X: Marble Work, Plan of the paving of the Val-de-Grâce Church.
Plan of the paving of the Val-de-Grâce. A. entrance, B, and C. naves, D. and E. chapels, F. center of the dome, G. center points, H. chapels, I. chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, K. Queen's chapel, L. choir for nuns.
Plate XI: Marble Work, Plan of the paving under the dome of the Invalides.
Plan of the paving below the dome of the Invalides. A. entrance from the outside, B. center of the dome, C.,D.,E., and F. crossroads, C. side of the entrance, D. side of the main alter, E. side of the chapel of the Blessed Virgin, F. side of the chapel of St. Teresa, G. chapel of St. Augustine, H. chapel of St. Ambrose, I. chapel of St. Gregory, K. chapel of St. Jerôme, L. passages of the chapels at the crossroads, H. passages of the chapels in the middle of the dome, N. stairway.
Plate XII: Marble Work, Tools for marble work.
Plate XIII: Marble Work, Tools for marble work.
Plate XIV: Marble Work, Tools for marble work.
