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206 items[Recipes and extracts on alchemy, medicine, metal-working, cosmetics, veterinary science, agriculture, wine-making, and other subjects]
- 1425 – 1450
This manuscript is a diverse and well-organized recipe collection with more than 520 different recipes on topics ranging from alchemy and medicine to solutions for simple household problems such as fleas. A direct…
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232 itemsTestamentum Theorica
- 1446 – 1475
The Testamentum Theorica is the earliest work in the Pseudo-Lullian Alchemical corpus, a large collection of as many as 143 different texts that circulated as the work of Raymond Lull (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus;…
- Creator Of Work Pseudo-Llull
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Manuscripts, Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Formulas, recipes, etc.
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188 items[Alchemical miscellany]
- 1450 – 1475
This manuscript is an important miscellany of practical and theoretical alchemical texts with a full-page drawing of alchemical instruments reflecting the activities of a fifteenth-century alchemist. The manuscript was…
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2 itemsThe Flower of Wisdom
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Part of Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity]
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity], based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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3 itemsThree Alchemical Miniatures
- Part of Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity]
- Circa 1450 – 1475
These three alchemical miniatures are believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity], based on the iconography depicted and their relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen…
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2 itemsAllegory of Purification
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Part of Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity]
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity], based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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192 itemsPretiosa margarita novella
- The Precious New Pearl
- Circa 1450 – 1480
This is one of only six known complete manuscripts of a 14th-century alchemical treatise; all the extant manuscripts date from the 15th century or later. This copy includes lengthy contemporary glosses, possibly…
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The Seven Forms of Transmutation
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Part of Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity]
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity], based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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380 itemsLiber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia
- The Book of the Secrets of Nature or of the Quintessence
- 1498
The Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia is the central work in the Pseudo-Lullian Alchemical corpus, a large collection of as many as 143 different texts that circulated as the work of Raymond Lull (Ramon…
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116 itemsMiscellany of Medical, Magical, and Alchemical Recipes
- Circa 1520 – 1540
Found in its original plain binding of parchment, this work was most likely compiled by a practitioner of alchemy and medicine. Containing a handwritten copy of Liber lucis by John of Rupescissa (Johannes de Rupescissa)…
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Bridge
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Bridges, Military art and science
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Battering ram
- Aries
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A battering ram with an iron tip in the shape of a ram's head.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Battering rams, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Spiked mantlet
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A siege engine in the form of a portable shelter behind which soldiers could take cover and advance in the face of projectiles. This form is equipped with spikes to deter head-on attack from opposing forces.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Spiked shield
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Soldiers wearing armor engaged in sword combat wielding a spiked shield.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Shields, Military art and science
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Wheeled siege ladder
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A soldier ascends a siege ladder equipped with wheels.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Ladders, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Sling
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Soldier holding a sling used for hurling projectiles and an enlarged view of the sling itself.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Slings, Military art and science
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Wooden catapult
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A wooden catapult used for hurling an object such as a stone.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Catapult, Military art and science
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Mantlet
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A siege engine in the form of a portable shelter behind which soldiers could take cover and advance in the face of projectiles. This one appears to be equipped with a perforated grate in the middle through which the…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Telescoping siege device and rope ladder
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
On the left is a telescoping siege device powered by a screw mechanism, and on the right is a rope ladder dangling from a castle tower.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Ladders, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Mobile siege defense wall
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A mobile wooden siege wall concealing a soldier firing a mortar.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Title page from Vegetius' Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Illustrated title page with a woodcut after Hans Weiditz by Jörg Brou the elder of Schoeller, showing a military scene with men in armor, some of whom are carrying long swords and spears in front of decorated tents.
- Artist Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Contributor Brou, Jörg
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science
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Mangonel
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The mangonel was a type of catapult used generally for hurling stones at a besieged castle's walls. As Vegetius writes, "But the mangonel shoots stones, and throws various weights in proportion to the thickness of the…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Catapult, Military art and science
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Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
First edition published by Heinrich Stayner of De re militari, a classic work on the science of making war by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, commonly referred to as Vegetius, a writer from the Later Roman Empire…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science
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Siege hook
- Falx
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The siege hook, or falx, was a siege engine dating back to Roman times. Similar to a battering ram, the siege hook was tipped with a pry bar, and the ram had handles for twisting and either splintering wooden doors or…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Battering rams, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Sling stave
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The sling stave is a staff with a sling at the end, used for hurling smaller projectiles. In Latin it is called a fustibalus. One cord of the sling is attached to the staff or "stave" and the other end has a loop that…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Slings, Military art and science