Franz Helm und sein »Buch von den probierten Künsten«

Ein handschriftlich verbreitetes Büchsenmeisterbuch in der Zeit des frühen Buchdrucks

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The „Book of proven arts“ was written in 1535 by the gunmaster Franz Helm as a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the art of artillery. The lengthy working procedures deal with the production of gunpowder and the operation of the …

San Salvatore in Spoleto

Studien zur spätantiken und frühmittelalterlichen Architektur Italiens

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Works of art without any real parallels, precursors or successors have always particularly confused researchers of the history of art. In the case of S. Salvatore in Spoleto the impossibility of anchoring the architecture within the known typologies and series …

Spätantike korinthische Säulenkapitelle in Rom

Bei S. Paolo fuori le mura, in S. Maria in Domnica und andere

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Der Band enthält eine Zusammenstellung von spätantiken Kapitellen relativ einheitlicher Ausführung und Größe aus Kirchen, Museen und anderen Aufbewahrungsorten der Stadt Rom und der näheren Umgebung, vor allem der Kirche S. Paolo fuori le mura. Die genaue Untersuchung der Kapitelle …

Guarno Guarini Ungebaute Bauten

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Guarino Guarini was a Theatine monk, philosopher, mathematician, playwright and an ingenious architect. He lived in the 17th century and left behind buildings with strong dynamics and an original character, especially in Turin. After his death, the plans for twelve …

Marmor in Rom

Anlieferung, Lager- und Werkplätze in der Kaiserzeit

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Ancient Rome was like a huge construction site. This volume examines, among others, the technical, economic, and logistic aspects of the supply and the processing of marble. Some sources are published for the first time.

Philo of Byzantium. Pneumatica

The first Treatise on Experimental Phyics: Western Vesion and Eastern Version. Facsimile and Transcript of the Latin Manuscript, Codex Latinus Monacensis 534, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München

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Philo, from the Greek colony of Byzantium, was active in Alexandria and Rhodos about 200 BC. He is famous as one of the earliest teachers of military engineering, and is known to have written technical and scientific works, including one …

Mariano Taccola – De Machinis

Faksimile des Codex Latinus Monacensis 28800, Teil II. in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München

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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“ …