VIGNOLA (James Barozzio de), a learned architect of the 16th century, was born at Vignola a small town in the marquise of that name, and became esteemed at Rome and in France for his taste and skill in the art of building and casting statues. He composed a book on the five orders of architecture, which is esteemed; and died at Rome in 1573, aged 66.
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