Gunpowder Technology in the Fifteenth Century
A Study, Edition and Translation of the Firework Book
Series: Royal Armouries Research Series; 3;
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Product details:
- Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Date of Publication 3 June 2025
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9781837652662
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages388 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 666 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 22 b/w illus. 777
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Short description:
The first full edition and English translation of the RA I.34 Firework Book.
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The first full edition and English translation of the RA I.34 Firework Book. Produced from the early fifteenth century onwards, Firework Books are, broadly speaking, manuals on how to use gunpowder, witnessing a major development in warfare. Surviving in a corpus of some 65, each text has different content and components, but core elements are present throughout. An important example is a manuscript in the collection of the Royal Armouries (RA I.34), written in Early New High German, and (unlike many other manuscripts) still in what appears to be its original format and binding; it also, unusually, contains a number of illustrations. This volume provides the first full edition and English translation of the material, with a detailed analysis of its content and context. It positions the Firework Books at a crucial stage in the development of gunpowder artillery, offering an unparalleled insight into fifteenth-century gunpowder technology at a critical juncture of military and technological change at the end of the Middle Ages.
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Introduction 1. The Firework Book Tradition 2. The Use and Reception of the Firework Book 3. The Leeds Firework Book 4. The Text of Royal Armouries I.34 Editorial Principles Edition and Translation 5. Analysis of the Text Conclusion Bibliography Index
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