| The Technological Illustration of the So-Called 'anonymous of the Hussite Wars': Codex Latinus Monacensis 197,1 Contributor(s): Hall, Bert S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3920153936 ISBN-13: 9783920153933 Publisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert OUR PRICE: $327.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Technology & Engineering | Machinery - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 621.8 |
| LCCN: 81480509 |
| Physical Information: 316 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The "Manuscript of the Hussite Wars' Engineer" is frequently cited, but never studied in full. It is a compendium of drawings ans descriptions concerning military devices, various construction machines and mills. It is usually thought to depicz the state of technology in Germany about 1430. Bert S. Hall's treatement ofthis document ist the first complete, modern edition to appear, but it is prefaced by an extensive study of the work in relation to tis 15th century-milieu. This allows many misunderstandings to be corrected and our view of the manuscript to be entirely revised. |