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Das Puch Exulis.

Title
Das Puch Exulis.
Author
Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405.
Publication
Bavaria , Germany, approximately 1450.

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New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 58.
Description
76 leaves, bound : paper, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 196 x 138 mm
Alternative Title
Bellifortis
Subject
  • Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405
  • Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > German
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts
  • Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
  • Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
  • Military art and science > Early works to 1800
  • Technology > Early works to 1800
  • Science > Early works to 1800
  • Military art and science
  • Science
  • Technology
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts – Germany – 15th century.
  • Early works.
  • illuminated manuscripts.
  • Vellum bindings (Binding) – 16th century.
Note
  • Conrad Kyeser called his composition Bellifortis (Strong in war), a work that was written when Kyser was exiled and imprisoned at an unknown location in Bohemia, which explains the alternate title Das Puch Exulis (The Book of Exile).
  • This manuscript was interleaved in the 16th century. Original ms. of this text survives in Gottingen, in a codex which Kyeser dedicated to King Rupert in 1405.
  • Earliest surviving treatise on war produced in Germany. This ms. has the original Latin (dactylic hexameter) and translation into German prose.
  • Translation is in early form of modern high German, from S. of river Main.
  • Layout: Up to 26 lines of writing (most pages have miniatures); no visible ruling. Gatherings of twelve.
  • Decoration: 132 pen and ink drawings, colored and heighted with silver foil (now oxidized), some of which include human and animal figure. Above drawings of weapons etc. 2- and 3-line red initials, rubrics, red slashes as placemarkers.
  • Paper: Watermark a flower, similar to Briquet 6383, which is ca. 1410-15 and found in Italy/ Netherlands. Interleaves: serpent similar to Briquet 13808; shield with 2 stars similar to Briquet 1013, watermarks date to the 16th or very early 17th c., from Prague & SE Austria.
Access (note)
  • Restricted use.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list
Cite As (note)
  • NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 58
Language (note)
  • In Latin and German
Provenance (note)
  • Bookplate ("Ex Libris Liechtensteinianis") of Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1906).
Binding (note)
  • Blind stamped vellum, two ties (missing), 16th-17th century.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 58
OCLC
1340678150
Author
Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405.
Title
Das Puch Exulis.
Imprint
Bavaria , Germany, approximately 1450.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Access
Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 904.
Cite As:
NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 58
Language
In Latin and German
Provenance
Bookplate ("Ex Libris Liechtensteinianis") of Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1906).
Binding
Blind stamped vellum, two ties (missing), 16th-17th century.
Source of description
Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0
Place of Publication
Germany Bavaria
Added Author
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 58.
Other Title
Bellifortis
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 58
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