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Treatise on munitions and explosive devices, with many illustrations of the various devices and their uses.
Support: paper; Extent: 235 leaves : 307 x 200 (220 x 122) mm bound to 313 x 209 mm; Foliation: Paper, i + 235 + i; [1-235]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords used only when a rubric follows, and can be on any page, recto or verso, in lower right corner.; Collation: [i], [1, 2]-[19, 20]⁶ ¹⁰, 21⁴, [22-23]-[28-29]¹⁰ ⁶, 30⁸⁻¹(-8), [i]; i.e., alternating quires of 3 and 5, except for quire 21⁴ and quire 30⁸⁻¹(-8). First and last leaf are endleaves. Link to collation model at end of record.
Written in 20-22 lines, frame ruled in red ink.
Written in a cursive script.
Thirty-four illustrations in color, two of which (ff. 159v and 160v) are pasted in, possibly cut from another manuscript (the paper is of a different quality, the color palette is different, and ascenders from another hand are visible at the bottom of the illustration on f. 159v). Extensive rubrication.
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Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r); spine title Feür Werck written in ink; other manuscripts of the same text titled Buch von den probierten Künsten.
Incipit of title page (f. 1r): Feuer Buech, durch Eurem gelertten Kriegs verstenndigen mit grossem Vleis auss villen Probiertten Kunsten ...
The illustrations in this manuscript are similar to those in Berlin, Staatsb. ms. germ. qu. 1188. In his study of the text, W. Hassenstein gives no date for the Berlin manuscript, although it appears to be 15th century (cf. Hassenstein, Das Feuerwerkbuch von 1420 (Munich, 1941), p. 121). Compare Hassenstein, Bild 33 with f. 174r of the present manuscript, and Hassenstein, Bild 34 with f. 185v.
Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Austria?
Possibly written in Austria (Offenbacher) in 1584 (f. 1r).
Limp vellum with three concentric botanical borders and stamp in center of upper cover with the arms of Freiherr von Clam. Sewn on five split bands with decorative endbands.
German
Formerly owned by Wolf Christoph, Freiherr von Clam (arms on upper cover), 1749 (Offenbach).
Sold by Emil Offenbacher (Kew Gardens, New York), list 9 (1956), item 100a.
Austria?
Possibly written in Austria (Offenbacher) in 1584 (f. 1r).
German
Formerly owned by Wolf Christoph, Freiherr von Clam
Sold by Emil Offenbacher
Treatise on munitions and explosive devices, with many illustrations of the various devices and their uses.
Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r); spine title Feür Werck written in ink; other manuscripts of the same text titled Buch von den probierten Künsten.
Incipit of title page (f. 1r): Feuer Buech, durch Eurem gelertten Kriegs verstenndigen mit grossem Vleis auss villen Probiertten Kunsten ...
The illustrations in this manuscript are similar to those in Berlin, Staatsb. ms. germ. qu. 1188. In his study of the text, W. Hassenstein gives no date for the Berlin manuscript, although it appears to be 15th century (cf. Hassenstein, Das Feuerwerkbuch von 1420 (Munich, 1941), p. 121). Compare Hassenstein, Bild 33 with f. 174r of the present manuscript, and Hassenstein, Bild 34 with f. 185v.
Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
Written in a cursive script.
Thirty-four illustrations in color, two of which (ff. 159v and 160v) are pasted in, possibly cut from another manuscript (the paper is of a different quality, the color palette is different, and ascenders from another hand are visible at the bottom of the illustration on f. 159v). Extensive rubrication.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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