[Buch von den probierten Künsten].

Abstract:

Manual concerning the manufacture and use of gunpowder, ammunition, mines, grenades, flares, smokescreens, and traps, as well as the loading and firing of cannons. Concludes with a copy of the privileges of the guild of cannon-masters (Buchsenmaister) as granted by Frederick III in 1444 (f. 126r-133v).

Creator:

Helm, Franz, approximately 1500-1567.

Timespan:

Germany.

Date:

1575

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9949206643503681; (OCoLC)ocn793013416; (OCoLC)793013416; (PU)4920664-penndb-Voyager

Language:

German

Provenance:

Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Nov. 2002.; Formerly owned by Girard Dupeireux (no. 124), perhaps a gift from his brother-in-law (Schwager), Baron Valentin von E[??], 1731 (inscription, f. 2v).; Formerly owned by Franz Ludwig, Graf von Holnstein aus Bayrn (armorial bookplate, inside upper cover).; Formerly owned by the Furstl. Ysenburg und Büdingen'sche Bibliothek zu Büdingen (library stamps, f. 2v, 3r)

Publisher:

[Bavaria], [between 1585 and 1599?]

Relation:

https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/6/; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs442.html; http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Subject:

Artillery -- Early works to 1800.; Artillery.; Explosives -- Early works to 1800.; Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.; Military art and science.; Guilds -- Germany.; Guilds.; Explosives.; Codices.; Pen and wash drawings.; Treatises.; Manuscripts, German.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

132 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 305 x 190 (217 x 130) mm bound to 307 x 210 mm

Personal Name:

Dupeireux, Girard, former owner.; Holnstein aus Bayern, Franz Ludwig, Graf von, former owner.

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Layout: Written in 27-28 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in drypoint.; Origin: Probably written in Bavaria, in the late 16th century.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, ii + 132; 2-76, [i], 77-130, 132-133; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Ms. codex.; Binding: Contemporary leather, stamped and gold-tooled (but varnished and blackened), over late-18th or early-19th-century-leather over wooden boards.; Decoration: 30 illustrations in colored ink or colored washes over ink drawings, most being of types of weapons and explosives, with 2 illustrations of cannon-masters framed in red ink (f. 2r, 105r) and a landscape showing the use of animals to carry explosives into a city, also framed in red ink (f. 60r); headings in red and black.; Watermark: Cross in circle belonging to Piccard Three Mounts, Class X, nos. 2879-3059 (mainly Munich and Augsburg, also Donauwörth and the Tyrol, 1555-1635).; Script: Written in German cursive script.; German.

Physical Location:

Oversize LJS 442

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)