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Names: Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405; New York Public Libary, Spencer Coll. MS 58.
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1450 (Approximate); Place: Bavaria , Germany
Library locations: Spencer Collection; Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. MS. 58
Topics: Kyeser, Conrad, 1366-approximately 1405. Bellifortis; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- German; Illumination of books and manuscripts; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- New York (State) -- New York; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern); Military art and science; Technology; Science; Science; Technology; Flags; Sieges; Castles & palaces
Genres: Manuscripts-Germany-15th century; early works; illuminated manuscripts; Vellum bindings (Binding)-16th century; Early works to 1800
Notes: Citation/reference: New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 904.; Content: Conrad Kyeser called his composition Bellifortis (Strong in war), a work that was written when Kyser was exiled and imprisoned at an unknown location in Bohemia, which explains the alternate title Das Puch Exulis (The Book of Exile).; Content: This manuscript was interleaved in the 16th century. Original ms. of this text survives in Gottingen, in a codex which Kyeser dedicated to King Rupert in 1405.; Content: Earliest surviving treatise on war produced in Germany. This ms. has the original Latin (dactylic hexameter) and translation into German prose.; Content: Translation is in early form of modern high German, from S. of river Main.; Content: Layout: Up to 26 lines of writing (most pages have miniatures); no visible ruling. Gatherings of twelve.; Content: Decoration: 132 pen and ink drawings, colored and heighted with silver foil (now oxidized), some of which include human and animal figure. Above drawings of weapons etc. 2- and 3-line red initials, rubrics, red slashes as placemarkers.; Content: Paper: Watermark a flower, similar to Briquet 6383, which is ca. 1410-15 and found in Italy/ Netherlands. Interleaves: serpent similar to Briquet 13808; shield with 2 stars similar to Briquet 1013, watermarks date to the 16th or very early 17th c., from Prague & SE Austria.; Preferred citation: NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 58; Language: In Latin and German; Ownership: Bookplate ("Ex Libris Liechtensteinianis") of Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1906).
Physical Description: Extent: 76 leaves, bound :paper, ink, manuscript, illuminations ;196 x 138 mm
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 1340678150; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22835636; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 73eaf940-0c44-013b-7e5c-0242ac110002

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