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Title

Feuerwerkbuch

Call number

Ms. Codex 129
(3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9915517533503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903287
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1551753

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Low German

Origin

Date

late 16th century?

Place

Germany

Summary

Work concerning firearms. Presumably compiled from various sources, with references to "barrels" ["levell"?] used in Italy (Venice and Naples).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.
   
• Incipit and explicit: Grundtlik Furwark vy Mennigerleywise tho makenn (f. 1v) ... ynn einn zarkell tho bringens (f. 81r) . [The remaining folios consist of illustrations; folios 16-17 and 95-136 are blank.]
   
• Cover slightly warped. Pastedowns pulling away from covers, particularly front cover. Part of back cover missing, along with small portions of the last couple dozen blank folios. Back cover stained and damaged. Last several folios stained at outer edge.
   
• Unidentified German dealer's description on file in the library.
   

Extent

139 leaves : 200 x 157 mm. bound to 199 x 156 mm

Foliation

Paper, 139; [iii], [1-136]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords on f. 12v only (end of quire III), lower right corner.

Collation

I-II², III-XVIII⁴, XIX³ (first and last leaves are pastedowns).

Support

Paper

Binding

German, 16th-century limp vellum dyed orange, with thong ties.

Decoration

Pen and ink illustrations and diagrams throughout, many colored with orange wash. Includes depictions of cannons, ammunition, quadrants and other instruments, diagrams and tables.

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Acquired, 1966.
   

Subjects topical

• Chemistry--History
• Explosives--Early works to 1800
• Fireworks--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--Early works to 1800
• Ordnance--Manufacture--History

Genres

• Codices
• Diagrams
• Drawings
• Manuscripts, German--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• German
• Germany
• Diagrams
• Drawing
• Paper
• Science
• History
• Chemistry

Licenses

• Text

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Decorations

• fol. 22r — Diagram, f. 22r
• fol. 25v — Diagram, f. 25v
• fol. 26r — Diagram, f. 26r
• fol. 26v — Diagram, f. 26v
• fol. 28r — Diagram, f. 28r
• fol. 29v — Diagram, f. 29v
• fol. 31v — Diagram, f. 31v
• fol. 32r — Diagram, f. 32r
• fol. 40r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 40r
• fol. 41r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 41r
• fol. 41v — Diagram, f. 41v
• fol. 42r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 42r
• fol. 42v — Diagram, Cannon, f. 42v
• fol. 43r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 43r
• fol. 43v — Diagram, Cannon, f. 43v
• fol. 44r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 44r
• fol. 44v — Diagram, Cannon, f. 44v
• fol. 45r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 45r
• fol. 46r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 46r
• fol. 46v — Diagram, f. 46v
• fol. 47v — Table, f. 47v
• fol. 48r — Table, f. 48r
• fol. 49r — Diagram, f. 49r
• fol. 49v — Table, f. 49v
• fol. 50r — Table, f. 50r
• fol. 50v — Table, f. 50v
• fol. 51r — Table, f. 51r
• fol. 51v — Table, f. 51v
• fol. 52r — Table, f. 52r
• fol. 52v — Table, f. 52v
• fol. 53r — Diagram, f. 53r
• fol. 53v — Diagram, f. 53v
• fol. 54r — Diagram, f. 54r
• fol. 71r — Diagram, Explosive device, f. 71r
• fol. 71v — Diagram, Explosive device, f. 71v
• fol. 72v — Diagram, Explosive device, f. 72v
• fol. 73r — Diagram, Explosive device, f. 73r
• fol. 73v — Diagram, Explosive device, f. 73v
• fol. 74v — Diagram, Explosive devices, f. 74v
• fol. 76v — Diagram, f. 76v
• fol. 79v — Diagram, f. 79v
• fol. 80r — Diagram, f. 80r
• fol. 80v — Diagram, f. 80v
• fol. 81r — Diagram, f. 81r
• fol. 82v — Diagram, f. 82v
• fol. 83r — Diagram, f. 83r
• fol. 84r — Diagram, f. 84r
• fol. 85r — Diagram, f. 85r
• fol. 86r — Diagram, f. 86r
• fol. 87r — Diagram, f. 87r
• fol. 88r — Diagram, f. 88r
• fol. 89r — Diagram, f. 89r
• fol. 90r — Diagram, f. 90r
• fol. 91r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 91r
• fol. 92r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 92r
• fol. 93r — Diagram, Cannon and rifles, f. 93
• fol. 94r — Diagram, Cannon, f. 94r