University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1797

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2119

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1797

Title:

Schwebell zuem Pulffer unnd Feuuerwercken zue Beraitten

Schwebell zuem Pulffer unnd Feuuerwercken zue beraitten

Author:

Helm, Franz, approximately 1500-1567

Franz Helm WIKIDATA

Place:

Bavaria or Austria?

Bavaria TGN

Austria TGN

Date:

circa 1598

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Middle High German

Middle High German WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

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

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from first section title (f. 1r)
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.
Sold at auction at Koller Zürich, 19 September 2015, lot 544.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, European

treatises

watercolors (paintings)

Manuscripts, German

Explosives

Early works

Military art and science

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9967173023503681

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Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania