Craft Treatises and Handbooks

Description:

"This book is devoted to the study of medieval manuscripts of a technical nature that provide information about manual activities such as textile industry, metallurgy, painting and illumination. The high level of specialization of these crafts involved the need to rely on recipe books, handbooks and treatises. These texts illustrate the various aspects of transmission and dissemination of technical knowledge as well as the written culture of medieval craftsmen."--

subjects: Middle ages, history,  Wissenschaftliches Buch,  Fachliteratur,  Handschrift,  Arbeitstechnik,  Technical education,  History,  Technical manuals,  History and criticism,  Formulas, recipes,  Early works to 1800,  Congresses,  Illumination of books and manuscripts,  Technique