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Title

Kurtzer Tractat vom Anfang debeta Kriegs Kunstes zu Fuebeta Zum Unter Richt der Jungen Soldaten ...

Authors

• Petersen, Hans

Other related names

• Castella, Ludwig von, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 888
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 3430707
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3430707

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

German, with a few sections in Italian

Origin

Date

1639

Place

Genoa

Summary

Tracts on military fortifications and military exercises with numerous diagrams, including problems in geometry as applied to fortifications and defense. Diagrams and drawings in pen and ink include 13 folded leaves bound in.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. v).
   

Extent

240 leaves : 144 x 70 (122 x 53) mm. bound to 146 x 75 mm

Foliation

Paper, iv (contemporary paper) + 240 + iii (contemporary paper) leaves; [v], 1-157, [iv], 158-183, [ii], 184-193, [ii], 194-201, [ii], 202-219, [ii], 220-235, [ii], 236-245, [ii], 246-273, [ii], 274-289, [iv], 290-327, [ii], 328-341, [iv], 342-353, [ii], 354-369, [ii], 370-427, 429-434, [435-437]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary black tooled leather with "H. P." on spine and upper cover; clasps missing. Some worm damage on covers; a few folded leaves are torn; damage to leather on upper and lower edges of spine.

Decoration

Frontispiece with coat of arms in red and brown ink with the motto "Et Rege eos firmissimum, libertatis, munimentum" with page cut off at the bottom (p. iii); diagrams and tables in red and brown ink throughout.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Ludwig von Castella, Freiburg, 1888 (note, flyleaf i).
   
• Sold by Robin Halwas Booksellers (London), June 1996.
   

Subjects topical

• Fortification--Italy--Genoa--Early works to 1800
• Geometry--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--Italy--Genoa--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Diagrams
• Drawings
• Tables (documents)
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

• Text

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  URL

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Decorations

• 40 — Diagram, p. 40
• 44 — Diagram, p. 44
• 45 — Diagram, p. 45
• 46 — Diagram, p. 46
• 47 — Diagram, p. 47
• 48 — Diagram, p. 48
• 49 — Diagram, p. 49
• 50 — Diagram, p. 50
• 51 — Diagram, p. 51
• 52 — Diagram, p. 52
• 53 — Diagram, p. 53
• 54 — Diagram, p. 54
• 55 — Diagram, p. 55
• 56 — Diagram, p. 56
• 57 — Diagram, p. 57
• 58 — Diagram, p. 58
• 59 — Diagram, p. 59
• 60 — Diagram, p. 60
• 61 — Diagram, p. 61
• 62 — Diagram, p. 62
• 63 — Diagram, p. 63
• 64 — Diagram, p. 64
• 65 — Diagram, p. 65
• 66 — Diagram, p. 66
• 67 — Diagram, p. 67
• 68 — Diagram, p. 68
• 69 — Diagram, p. 69
• 70 — Diagram, p. 70
• 71 — Diagram, p. 71
• 72 — Diagram, p. 72
• 73 — Diagram, p. 73
• 74 — Diagram, p. 74
• 75 — Diagram, p. 75
• 76 — Diagram, p. 76
• 77 — Diagram, p. 77
• 78 — Diagram, p. 78
• 79 — Diagram, p. 79
• 80 — Diagram, p. 80
• 81 — Diagram, p. 81
• 82 — Diagram, p. 82
• 83 — Diagram, p. 83
• 84 — Diagram, p. 84
• 85 — Diagram, p. 85
• 86 — Diagram, p. 86
• 87 — Diagram, p. 87
• 88 — Diagram, p. 88
• 89 — Diagram, p. 89
• 90 — Diagram, p. 90
• 91 — Diagram, p. 91
• 92 — Diagram, p. 92
• 93 — Diagram, p. 93
• 94 — Diagram, p. 94
• 95 — Diagram, p. 95
• 96 — Diagram, p. 96
• 97 — Diagram, p. 97
• 98 — Diagram, p. 98
• 99 — Diagram, p. 99
• 100 — Diagram, p. 100
• 101 — Diagram, p. 101
• 102 — Diagram, p. 102
• 103 — Diagram, p. 103
• 104 — Diagram, p. 104
• 105 — Diagram, p. 105
• 106 — Diagram, p. 106
• 107 — Diagram, p. 107
• 110 — Diagram, p. 110
• 112 — Diagram, p. 112
• 113 — Diagram, p. 113
• 114 — Diagram, p.114
• 115 — Diagram, p. 115
• 116 — Diagram, p. 116
• 117 — Diagram, p. 117
• 120 — Diagram, p. 118
• 122 — Diagram, p. 119
• 124 — Diagram, p. 124
• 126 — Diagram, p. 126
• 127 — Diagram, p. 127
• 128 — Diagram, p. 128
• 129 — Diagram, p. 129
• 130 — Diagram, p. 130
• 132 — Diagram, p. 132
• 133 — Diagram, p. 133
• 134 — Diagram, p. 134
• 135 — Diagram, p. 135
• 136 — Diagram, p. 136
• 138 — Diagram, p. 138
• 139 — Diagram, p. 139
• 140 — Diagram, p. 140
• 142 — Diagram, p. 142
• 144 — Diagram, p. 144
• 146 — Diagram, p. 146
• 148 — Diagram, p. 148
• 150 — Diagram, p. 150
• 152 — Diagram, p. 152
• 154 — Diagram, p. 154
• 156 — Diagram, p. 156
• 184 — Diagram, p. 184
• 185 — Diagram, p. 185
• 186 — Diagram, p. 186
• 187 — Table, p. 187
• 188 — Table, p. 188
• 192 — Diagram, p. 192
• 203 — Table, p. 203
• 204 — Diagram, p. 204
• 206 — Diagram, p. 206
• 208 — Diagram, p. 208
• 210 — Diagram, p. 210
• 212 — Diagram, p. 212
• 214 — Diagram, p. 214
• 216 — Diagram, p. 216
• 220 — Diagram, p. 220
• 222 — Diagram, p. 222
• 224 — Diagram, p. 224
• 226 — Diagram, p. 226
• 228 — Diagram, p. 228
• 230 — Diagram, p. 230
• 232 — Diagram, p. 232
• 234 — Diagram, p. 234
• 236 — Diagram, p. 236
• 238 — Diagram, p. 238
• 239 — Diagram, p. 239
• 240 — Diagram, p. 240
• 240 — Table, p. 240
• 250 — Diagram, p. 250
• 254 — Diagram, p. 254
• 277 — Table, p. 277
• 297 — Diagram, p. 297
• 297 — Table, f. p. 297
• 298 — Diagram, p. 298
• 298 — Table, p. 298
• 299 — Table, p. 299
• 300 — Table, p. 300
• 301 — Table, p. 301
• 302 — Table, p. 302
• 303 — Table, p. 303
• 304 — Table, p. 304
• 305 — Table, p. 305
• 306 — Table, p. 306
• 308 — Diagram, p. 308
• 309 — Table, p. 309
• 310 — Diagram, p. 310
• 310 — Table, p. 310
• 312 — Diagram, p. 312
• 313 — Diagram, p. 313
• 314 — Diagram, p. 314
• 315 — Diagram, p. 315
• 316 — Diagram, p. 316
• 323 — Table, p. 323
• 324 — Table, p. 324
• 337 — Table, p. 337
• 338 — Table, p. 338
• 339 — Table, p. 339
• 340 — Table, p. 340
• 381 — Diagram, p. 381
• 404 — Diagram, p. 404
• 412 — Diagra, p. 412
• 417 — Diagram, p. 417
• 418 — Diagram, p. 418
• 435 — Table, p. 435
• 436 — Table, p. 436