Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405.
2. Johannes de Pulco, active 15th century
3. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 104.

Description

1. 181 leaves, bound : paper, ink, manuscript, illuminations ; 283 x 202 mm

Alternative title

1. Bellifortis

Subject

1. Brass clasps (Binding) > Germany > 15th century
2. Leather bindings (Binding) > Germany > 15th century
3. Blind tooled bindings (Binding) > Germany > 15th century
4. illuminated manuscripts
5. Early works
6. Manuscripts > Germany > 15th century
7. Artillery > History
8. Gunnery > History
9. Ordnance > History
10. Science > Early works to 1800
11. Technology > Early works to 1800
12. Military art and science > Early works to 1800
13. Manuscripts, German > New York (State) > New York
14. Illumination of books and manuscripts
15. Manuscripts, German > Germany
16. Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405 > Bellifortis

Genre/Form

1. Manuscripts – Germany – 15th century.
2. Early works.
3. illuminated manuscripts.
4. Blind tooled bindings (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.
5. Leather bindings (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.
6. Brass clasps (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 104

Note

1. 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.
2. The manuscript Feuerwerksbuch von 1420 is a treatise on explosives, including fabrication and use, constructed in the form of dialogue between master and pupils.
3. Manuscript date from f. 50v.
4. Layout: Written in 21 long lines per page, ruled in ink, prickmarks and catchwords visible.
5. Decoration: Colored pen and ink drawings on nearly every page, many containing human and animal figures. Red initials, rubrics.
6. Collation: four quires of twelve folios each; one quire of seven folios (originally eight -- stub visible before f. 49).
7. Script: Gothic cursive.

Access (note)

1. Restricted use.

Indexed in (note)

1. The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
2. New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Cite as (note)

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 104

Language (note)

1. In German.

Provenance (note)

1. fol. i German note by Wiegrebe, dated 20 August 1828.

Binding (note)

1. 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.

Author

1. Anonymous, active 15th century.

Title

1. Feuerwerkbuch von 1420.

Imprint

1. Swabia, Germany, approximately 1445.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Access

1. Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed in:

1. The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), No. 79.
2. New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 904.

Cite as:

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 104

Language

1. In German.

Provenance

1. fol. i German note by Wiegrebe, dated 20 August 1828.

Binding

1. 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

1. Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. Germany Swabia

Added author

1. Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405.
2. Johannes de Pulco, active 15th century, binder.
3. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 104.

Other title

1. Bellifortis

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 104