Siena

Herausgegeben von Gustina Scaglia, Ulrich Montag und Frank D. Prager (†)

Mariano Taccola, De ingeneis

Liber Primus Leonis, Liber Secundus Draconis. Faksimile des Codex Latinus Monacensis 197, Teil II. in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München

23 x 32 cm, 478 p., cloth
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With the rediscovery of Mariano Taccola’s technical manuscripts, a primary source has been found for drawings and texts in treatises and sketchbooks of Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Taccola first conceived a new subject in Renaissance literature: rational descriptions and illustrations …