University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 109

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS915

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 109

Title:

Feuer Buech.

Author:

Helm, Franz, approximately 1500-1567

Franz Helm WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

1584.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

German

German WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 235 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 307 x 200 (220 x 122) mm bound to 313 x 209 mm

Note:

Layout: Written in 20-22 lines, frame ruled in red ink.
The illustrations in this manuscript are similar to those in Berlin, Staatsb. ms. germ. qu. 1188. In his study of the text, W. Hassenstein gives no date for the Berlin manuscript, although it appears to be 15th century (cf. Hassenstein, Das Feuerwerkbuch von 1420 (Munich, 1941), p. 121). Compare Hassenstein, Bild 33 with f. 174r of the present manuscript, and Hassenstein, Bild 34 with f. 185v.
Title from caption title (f. 1r); other manuscripts of the same text titled Buch von den probierten Künsten.
Collation: [i], [I, II]-[XIX, XX]³ ⁵, XXI², [XXII-XXIII]-[XXVIII-XXIX]⁵ ³, XXX⁴(-1), [i]; i.e., alternating quires of 3 and 5, except for quire XXI² and quire XXX⁴(-1). First and last leaf are endleaves.
Foliation: Paper, i + 235 + i; [1-235]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords used only when a rubric follows, and can be on any page, recto or verso, in lower right corner.
Ms. codex.
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Decoration: Thirty-four illustrations in color, two of which (ff. 159v and 160v) are pasted in, possibly cut from another manuscript (the paper is of a different quality, the color palette is different, and ascenders from another hand are visible at the bottom of the illustration on f. 159v). Extensive rubrication.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet 257 (Graz, 1582).
Binding: Limp vellum with three concentric botanical borders and stamp in center of upper cover with the arms of Freiherr von Clam. Sewn on five split bands with decorative endbands.
Origin: Written in Germany in 1584 (f. 1r).
Incipit of title page (f. 1r): Feuer Buech, durch Eurem gelertten Kriegs verstenndigen mit grossem Vleis auss villen Probiertten Kunsten ...
Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, German

drawings (visual works)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Early works

Chemistry

Fireworks

History

Explosives

Military art and science

Ordnance--Manufacture

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915804513503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3pv6bb54/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania