Schwebell zuem Pulffer unnd Feuuerwercken zue Beraitten

Name:

Helm, Franz, approximately 1500-1567

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1598

Description:

Treatise on explosives, including 15th-century lists of privileges of artillery masters, probably compiled from Franz Helm's Buch von den probierten Künsten, with watercolor illustrations of explosives and equipment.

Language:

German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Koller Zürich, 19 September 2015, lot 544.

Subject:

Explosives -- Early works to 1800; Military art and science -- Early works to 1800; Military art and science; Explosives

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); treatises; watercolors (paintings); Manuscripts, German; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

178 leaves : paper; 290 x 185 (205 x 115) mm bound to 300 x 200 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title for manuscript from first section title (f. 1r); Table of contents: 1. f.1r-2r: Schwebell zuem Pulffer unnd Feuuerwercken zue Beraitten -- 2. f. 2v-3r: Schiess unnd Püchsenn Pulffer zue Machenn -- 3. f. 3v-56r: Rolenn zuem Pulffer unnd Feuuerwerckenn zue Beraitten -- 4. f. 56v-72v: Confortatinenn unnd Stoërkung zuem genug zumachen -- 5. f. 73r-85r: Volgt hernach ein gewisse [??eerr] wie man die grob unnd grossenn Stuck Ladenn Speisem unnd Richtenn solle -- 6. f. 85v-87v: Volgenn hernach die Articull unnd Privilegia der Püchsenmaister und Veldtherrenn -- 7. f. 88r-90r: Hernach volgenndte geschribenne Articull sein der Püchsenmaister Freihaittenn [??elhe] ein jeder Veldtherr denn Püchsenmaisteren zue haltten schuldig -- 8. f. 137v-178v: Ragettl[ei]nn.; Foliation: Paper, i (modern) + 178 + i (modern); [1-178], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 25-26 long lines. Vertical margins formed by folding.; Script: Written in German cursive script.; Decoration: 11 watercolor illustrations of various explosives (f. 17v, 19v, 26v, 27r, 30r, 30v, 36r, 37v, 41v, 46r, 47r); sub-headings in red ink, with occasional headings and the first initial of the sub-headings in the same brown ink as the text; simple decorative elements in red ink at the end of some sections.; Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Armoiries - Salière 2177 (Geisenfeld (Bavaria), 1598).; Binding: Older spine with title in ink (Pulfer und Feuerwerke) laid on modern parchment binding.; Origin: Probably written in Bavaria or Austria, circa 1598 (watermark).; Numerous leaves repaired in lower and outer margins, some with loss of text or image; some leaves partially torn along the fold marking the inner margin.; Middle High German.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1797