Penn Library's LJS 442 - [Buch von den probierten Künsten]. (Video Orientation)
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Artillery -- Early works to 1800
Artillery
Explosives -- Early works to 1800
Military art and science -- Early works to 1800
Military art and science
Guilds -- Germany
Guilds
Explosives
Germany
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German Language and Literature
Military History
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Artillery
Explosives -- Early works to 1800
Military art and science -- Early works to 1800
Military art and science
Guilds -- Germany
Guilds
Explosives
Germany
Codices
Pen and wash drawings
Treatises
Manuscripts German
Manuscripts Renaissance
German Language and Literature
Military History
Renaissance Studies
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youtube
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2022-12-09
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Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 442, a manual concerning the manufacture and use of gunpowder, ammunition, mines, grenades, flares, smokescreens, and traps, as well as the loading and firing of cannons. Concludes with a copy of the privileges of the guild of cannon-masters (Buchsenmaister) as granted by Frederick III in 1444 (f. 126r-133v). Probably written in Bavaria, in the late 16th century. Digital copies and a full record are available through Franklin: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9949206643503681 Record on Internet Archive, with a link to a PDF: https://archive.org/details/ljs442