Averroës, Charles Edwin Butterworth (1977) Averroës' Three Short Commentaries on Aristotle's "Topics,". p. 92
“My purpose is, by Gods assistance, to set forth the Art of painting, as in old times it hath begun, as it was promoted, as it came to that wonderfull perfection mentioned in ancient Authors. The first booke toucheth the first beginnings of Picture. The second booke propoundeth diverse meanes tending to the advancement of this Art. The third booke speaketh of the maine grounds of Art, the which being well observed by the old Artificers, made them come neerer to the height of perfection.”
[The painting of the ancients, in three bookes, London, Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, 1638, 1–2, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7hq5gq92;view=1up;seq=13]
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