“The thirteenth century, in particular, was Burges’s chosen field, and he modelled his style of draughtsmanship on the famous sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.”

—  William Burges

J. Mordaunt Crook, " Burges, William (1827–1881) http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=3972&back=&version=2004-09", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

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