Manuscript obout 15 century firearms

Matchlock · 27th December 2011, 10:15 PM

I'm facing some serious difficulties finding the correct mansuscript title and accessing it for more information.
Could you help me, my friend?
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Spiridonov · 27th December 2011, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matchlock

Could you help me, my friend?
m

What can I help You? I just know that title is Kriegstechnik

Matchlock · 27th December 2011, 10:59 PM

The problem is: on their web site, no enters seem to be accepted ...

How did you find it?

cannonmn · 27th December 2011, 11:41 PM

Wow, that's quite something, like a primer on siege warfare, making gunpowder, various kinds of firearms, incendiary weapons, petards, scaling ladders, etc. etc. plus some pages I can't connect with the other subjects. One is a woman washing another woman's hair, I think. What I can't figure out is where this has been throughout history until, what, 1950? I'll have to check "Quellen zur Geschichte der Feuerwaffen" as some of the devices look somewhat familiar. But "Quellen..." dates from late 19th C., well before this codex was generally known, I think?

There's a very complex (for the time) twin-cylinder water-powered pulverizing mill shown, which I would not have thought would have been availabile at that time.

Matchlock · 28th December 2011, 12:15 AM

John,
There have been several predecessor illustatrions before the 1430's, especially the one by Konrad Kyeser or Eichstätt, 1405. So all these illustrations of devices more or less duplicated themselves thoughout the 15th c. and hardly any news can be expected before the Maximilan Zeugbücher ot the early 1500's.

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Matchlock · 30th December 2011, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cannonmn

Wow, that's quite something, like a primer on siege warfare, making gunpowder, various kinds of firearms, incendiary weapons, petards, scaling ladders, etc. etc. plus some pages I can't connect with the other subjects. One is a woman washing another woman's hair, I think. What I can't figure out is where this has been throughout history until, what, 1950? I'll have to check "Quellen zur Geschichte der Feuerwaffen" as some of the devices look somewhat familiar. But "Quellen..." dates from late 19th C., well before this codex was generally known, I think?

There's a very complex (for the time) twin-cylinder water-powered pulverizing mill shown, which I would not have thought would have been availabile at that time.

As I said there are many similar books from the early to the late 1400's, and one author copied from the other.

Best,
m

28th December 2011, 12:15 AM	#5
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	John, There have been several predecessor illustatrions before the 1430's, especially the one by Konrad Kyeser or Eichstätt, 1405. So all these illustrations of devices more or less duplicated themselves thoughout the 15th c. and hardly any news can be expected before the Maximilan Zeugbücher ot the early 1500's. m Last edited by Matchlock; 28th December 2011 at 01:55 AM.

27th December 2011, 10:15 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	I'm facing some serious difficulties finding the correct mansuscript title and accessing it for more information. Could you help me, my friend? m

27th December 2011, 10:59 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	The problem is: on their web site, no enters seem to be accepted ... How did you find it?

27th December 2011, 11:41 PM	#4
cannonmn Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 161	Wow, that's quite something, like a primer on siege warfare, making gunpowder, various kinds of firearms, incendiary weapons, petards, scaling ladders, etc. etc. plus some pages I can't connect with the other subjects. One is a woman washing another woman's hair, I think. What I can't figure out is where this has been throughout history until, what, 1950? I'll have to check "Quellen zur Geschichte der Feuerwaffen" as some of the devices look somewhat familiar. But "Quellen..." dates from late 19th C., well before this codex was generally known, I think? There's a very complex (for the time) twin-cylinder water-powered pulverizing mill shown, which I would not have thought would have been availabile at that time.