Specification Book for University of Virginia-incomplete
Description: Mr. Jefferson's initial plans for the University
Date: Dated July 18, 1819, on cover.
Medium: Iron gall ink.
Support: wove paper
Dimensions: 8" L x 5" W; 22 pages
Condition: Originally bound on left. At one time preserved by the Barrow method, now delaminated and back in oridingal condition. Encapsulated in mylar. Last page -- water stain? Generally minimal damage. Some iron gall ink bleed-through.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Owner: ViU (Jefferson Papers)
Classification:
N-318
, L-00-10
Publication History:
- Author: Lambeth
- Title: Thomas Jefferson as an Architectect
- Date: 1913
- Note:
- Author: Nichols
- Title: Thomas Jefferson's Architectural Drawings
- Date: 1984
- Note:
- Author: Lasala
- Title: Jefferson's Designs for the University of Virginia
- Date: 1992
- Note:
- Author: Wilson, ed.
- Title: Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village
- Date: 1993
- Note:
Commentary:
Specification book for the University of Virginia. 22 or 40 pages. Dated July 18, 1819, on cover.
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- Description: Page 2 (verso)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- notes bh--co--dh--cl--____ are braces of window cord for keeping the meridian in its true curve. [more]
Drawing
- Description: Page 3 (recto) Revised ground plan diagram of the University of Virginia
- Location: Upper left quadrant
- Features:
- Text:
- Description: Notes
- Location: Entire page
- Transcription:
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- lmno -- noqp -- pqsr -- efhg -- ghki. ef -- a -- 100.f -- ab and --bc -- 175-1/2.F
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- Description: Page 3 (recto)
- Location: entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- 1817 Operations in & for the College a. The place at which the theodolite was fixed being the center of the Northern square and the point destined for some principal building in the level of the square l.m.n.o. The fall from a. to d. 18.f * from a. to d. The bearing magnetically S. 21(). W add for variation 2-1/2 S. 23-1/2 W. [more]
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- Description: Page 3 (verso)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Notes on Dormitories to No ____, VII. The covered way in front of the whole range of buildings is to be tuscan with columns of brick. [more]
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- Description: Page 4 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Pavilion No. ____ .... The upper story of the Pavilion to be Doric, with a [more]
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- Description: Page 4 (verso)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Doric Pavilion estimate of the bricks. Cellar 10.f. pitch x 24.br x 116.f. running measure. [more]
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- Description: Page 5 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Lower story or Tuscan of Pavilion No. VII from the level of the ground (forms two columns) [more]
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- Description: Page 5 (verso)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Upper or Doric Story. from the top of the Tuscan entablature to the bottom of the Doric entabl. (Jefferson's abbreviation) + I 10-8 to top of Doric entablature 2-6 in order to give sufficient height to the upper rooms the who height of the joists must lie above the top of the Doric entablature and they must be sloped. [more]
Drawing
- Description: Joist plan
- Location: Left center of page
- Features:
Text:
- Description: Page 6 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Dormitories adjacent to the Hotels. Their cover way to be an arcade. a plinth [more]
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- Description: Page 6 (verso)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- B. Hotel 34.f.front. Hotel
[gap of one word due to blot] East. B. for an Hotel with a Refectory and two family rooms to be Tuscan also chinese railing or parapet. [more]
Drawing
- Description: Chinese railing
- Location: Middle of the page
- Features:
Text:
- Description: Page 7 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Hotel A. East. one story. flat roof. Chinese parapet. an Arcade in front projecting 4. ft. from that of Dormitories [more]
Text
- Description: Page 7 (verso)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Hotel C. East. Tuscan. two stories with a pediment [more]
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- Description: Page 8 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
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- Pavilion No. II East. Ionic dentils. Fortuna Virilis. front 34. f. flank 40. f. height 27.f.
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- Description: Page 9 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
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- Pavilion No. IV. East. Doric of Albano 1' = .6.I. Module of 60' = 36.I. a triglyph and metop = 75' = 45.I.
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- Description: Page 10 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Pavilion No. VIII East. Corinthian of Diocletian's Baths. Latrobe's lodge front. wings each lodge 20' = 38. f. front.
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- Description: Page 11 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Pavilion No.
[gap of 4 characters due to crossed out by Jefferson] East. Ionic of the Theatre of Marcellus. This pavilion is to have no columns. [more]
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- Description: Page 12 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Pavilion No. X East. Doric of the Theatre of Marcellus. The column of this example has no base.. [more]
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- Description: Page 12 (verso)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- the the cap or
[gap of 1 word due to crossed out by Jefferson] of 105' + I [more]
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- Description: Page 13 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
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- West Pavilion No. I. The Doric of the Diocletian's Baths. Chambray. Length of the building 44.f. height from the zocle 27'-7.65.I. [more]
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- Description: Page 13 (verso)
- Location: Top half of page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Calculations and notes for Pavilion I; 1'=0.55 I. [more]
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- Description: Page 14 (recto)
- Location: Upper two-thirds of page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- West No. III. Corinthian Pavilion. Palladio. [more]
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- Description: Page 14 (verso)
- Location: Upper two-thirds of page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Bricks by previous calculation outer & Partition walls, running measure 180.f. [more]
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- Description: Page 15 (recto)
- Location: Entire page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- West Pavilion No.
[gap of 3 charactersreason due to ] V. Palladio's Ionic modillion order. [more]
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- Description: Page 16 (recto)
- Location: Top of page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- West Pavilion No. VII. Doric of Palladio [more]
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- Description: Page 17 (recto)
- Location: Upper two-thirds of page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- West Pavilion No.
[gap of 1 character due to crossed out by Jefferson] Pavilion No. IX West. Ionic dentil. Fortuna Virilis. Niche. Latrobe No. [more]
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- Description: Page 18 (recto)
- Location: Upper two-thirds of page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Hotel
[gap of 1 character due to crossedout by Jefferson] West. E. Proctor's, one story. Tuscan. flat roof. An arcade in front, projecting 4.f. forward of that of Dorimtories. [more]
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- Description: Page 18 (verso)
- Location: Top of page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Description: Page 19 (recto)
- Location: Top of page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Description: Page 20 (recto)
- Location: Top one-third of page
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- Rotunda notes. The rule for apportioning the area of windows to volume of the room is to [more]