20-10-2026, 11:22 PM
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(20-10-2026, 05:55 PM)MarcoP wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I am not sure it’s a useful comparison, but Mariano Taccola noted the time he started and ended his work “De ingeneis ac edificiis, libri III-IV” You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
From when Sigmund arrived in Italy (autumn 1431) to 13 January 1433 (about 14 months, 420 days).
The manuscript is about 100 pages, with little text, but a large number of mostly technical and sometimes artistic illustrations, often complex and always accurately drawn. Many of these illustrations appear to be original, so they must have required considerable research, but Taccola may have made some of that work in advance.
There is a latin translation but I'm not able to find a transcript. The full book is on Internet Archive but no access to the text.
EDIT: Never mind i see you meant to estimate the time it might have taken to do the illustrations.