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Feuerwerkbuch von 1420.

Title
Feuerwerkbuch von 1420.
Author
Anonymous, active 15th century.
Publication
Swabia, Germany, approximately 1445.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. MS. 104Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405.
  • Johannes de Pulco, active 15th century
  • New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 104.
Description
181 leaves, bound : paper, ink, manuscript, illuminations ; 283 x 202 mm
Alternative Title
Bellifortis
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts – Germany – 15th century.
  • Early works.
  • illuminated manuscripts.
  • Blind tooled bindings (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.
  • Leather bindings (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.
  • Brass clasps (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.
Note
  • This MS. comprises two separate MSS. bound together: Part 1, ff. 1-55, Feuerwerksbuch von 1420, by an anonymous author. Part 2, ff. 56-156, Conrad Kyesr's Bellifortis (also called "Das puch exiles") in a version much closer to that found in Spencer Coll. MS. 58.
  • The manuscript Feuerwerksbuch von 1420 is a treatise on explosives, including fabrication and use, constructed in the form of dialogue between master and pupils.
  • Manuscript date from f. 50v.
  • Layout: Written in 21 long lines per page, ruled in ink, prickmarks and catchwords visible.
  • Decoration: Colored pen and ink drawings on nearly every page, many containing human and animal figures. Red initials, rubrics.
  • Collation: four quires of twelve folios each; one quire of seven folios (originally eight -- stub visible before f. 49).
  • Script: Gothic cursive.
Access (note)
  • Restricted use.
Indexed In (note)
  • The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
  • New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list
Cite As (note)
  • NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 104
Language (note)
  • In German.
Provenance (note)
  • fol. i German note by Wiegrebe, dated 20 August 1828.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in contemporary calf, blind stamped, over wooden boards, with clasp, lock and key; one of the stamps is inscribed "io. de pucro" showing that the binder was Johannes de Pulco, active in Basel in the third quarter of the 15th century.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 104
OCLC
1340691502
Author
Anonymous, active 15th century.
Title
Feuerwerkbuch von 1420.
Imprint
Swabia, Germany, approximately 1445.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Access
Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
Indexed In:
The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), No. 79.
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 904.
Cite As:
NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 104
Language
In German.
Provenance
fol. i German note by Wiegrebe, dated 20 August 1828.
Binding
Bound in contemporary calf, blind stamped, over wooden boards, with clasp, lock and key; one of the stamps is inscribed "io. de pucro" showing that the binder was Johannes de Pulco, active in Basel in the third quarter of the 15th century.
Source of description
Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0
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Place of Publication
Germany Swabia
Added Author
Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405.
Johannes de Pulco, active 15th century, binder.
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 104.
Other Title
Bellifortis
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 104
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