Among the song manuscripts from the Middle Ages the so-calles „small song manuscript“ from Heidelberg cannot be compared with the „Manesse“ as far as ornamentation and illumination are concerned - but it is older than that, dating from the 13th …
Der Band sammelt alle Orts- und Ländernamen von Gebieten südlich Ägyptens soweit sie in altägyptischer Schrift überliefert sind. Nachdem dort schriftlose Völker siedelten, kommt diesen Namen für die Kenntnis der historischen Geographie der Länder am mittleren Nillauf alleiniger Zeugniswert zu. …
Writing about engineering went through one of its decisive stages, on the way from the ancient treatise to the modern textbook, during the 15th century. Mariano Taccola of Siena is a key figure in this development, and his „De Machinis“ …
