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Thank you to everyone who made suggestions as to sources for balustrades. For those who are interested, here are the answers I got: Have you suggested Andrea Palladio *Four Books on Architecture*, the Dover reprint includes clear prints. Also worth reviewing would be Vitruvius, *The Ten Books on Architecture* either the Ingrid Rowland translation or the Thomas Gordon Smith translation have excellent illustrations. These sources are more theory that discuss proportion, however, they would have been familiar to the architects and builders during the Italian Renaissance. The text will discuss the building elements in relation to the classical order used for proportions. You may wish to refer your student to the Italian Architectural Drawings Project Collection (IADPC) http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/library/imagecollections/core-collection/idapc.html at the link you will find a description and further information. *Garden and hall furniture <http://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1217269~S1>: vases, pedestals, sundials, fonts, fountains, tables, benches, balustrades, well heads, gazing globes and pergolas in Pompeian stone, stone and marble.* I checked it out and it's just a catalog but each image is accompanied by height, width, base (and price). Might this be along the lines you're looking for? I don't think they are original Renaissance elements, but individual ones (that can be purchased). Anyway, measurements are there. Another book <http://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1021277~S4> that has a whole chapter about balustrades with pictures (but again, no measurements). Also might be later (time-wise) than you want.... http://blog.classicist.org/?p=3238 your student may find information is some unlikely sources, such as auction records. Your question reminded me of the cover image we used for an issue of *Visual Resources* (Vol. XXV, No. 3, Summer 2009), which showed a measured drawing sent to prospective buyers by agents and dealers. This particular drawing of a pair of Cipollino marble columns and a pair of Brescia column is in the archive of William Randolph Hearst at Long Island University. The article "A Reappraisal of the William Randolph Hearst Archive at Long Island University: Information, Preservation, and Access" was written by Catherine Larkin. Measured drawings also appear in restoration documents, which could be difficult to find, but carry a wealth of information. How about looking at photos of existing Renaissance buildings to see if they actually have original balustrades and where they are, and then searching for drawing sources by building? The Michelangelo staircase in the Laurentian Library comes to mind. Possibly searching for plans and drawings by specific building would be more productive than general searching. Making measured drawings of architecture seems to have been a popular activity in the late 19th and early 20th century. I know there are many compilations on American Colonial architecture during that time. The following is a text of that genre for Renaissance. I haven't done a close examination to tell if there are relevant drawings, but a search for staircase got hits from the text. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/829470.html Possibly books on the individual architectural monuments would provide more information than is apparent from catalog records. I believe many of the standard publications on the orders of architecture have measurements for balustrades. Perhaps there is some way you can cross search for publications for orders and date of publication? I think the LCSH is "Architecture--Orders". Assumption here is that Renaissance builders would not have strayed far from Vignola, Scamozzi, et al. And don't forget good old BHA. A sad day when it ceased. *Ornamental Details of the Italian Renaissance* is available on the Internet Archive - https://archive.org/ I found this using search terms architecture details renaissance, but I am sure that you could use the book title. There are details of balusters. The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts has some architectural pattern books digitized. http://www.library.wisc.edu/decorativearts/text-sources/browse-by-subject/ Images are not well searchable by keyword, unfortunately, so its helpful to "gallery view" and browse the pictures. Which is very tedious. In addition to the columns mentioned by Christine Sundt, the William Randolph Hearst at Long Island University also contains measured drawings and blueprints of a 15th century Istrian Balcony now installed at San Simeon (Hearst Castle). Hearst purchased it from Howard Studios in 1922. They images are not scanned yet. Since its holiday and vacation time, please give us a couple of weeks notice if you are interested. have you looked at "A History of Architecture" Banister Fletcher?...It was the bible for architecture students studying in Florence when I worked there as a librarian. I have a copy and in the index are listings for balustrades.... And finally....This is not an answer to your question Karen, but I can’t resist reminiscing about a wonderful balustrade on an upper-level patio of a house near where we used to live in the Ocean Park area of Santa Monica, California. I wish I had taken a photo of it--It was made entirely of bowling pins! Don’t know if it’s still there—the whole area has zoomed in value since we were there and bowling pins probably don’t fit the more gentrified character of what was a charmingly eclectic neighborhood. But bowling pins’ proportions are eerily like Renaissance Italian balustrades. The fact that they were bowling pins didn’t jump out at you immediately. I’m sure this last comment will horrify some classicists . . . Some great resources here! Thanks again, everyone! Karen at Brown -- Karen A. 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