Craft Treatises and Handbooks
Subtitle: The Dissemination of Technical Knowledge in the Middle Ages
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9782503544397
Subjects: Middle ages, history
Description: "This book is devoted to the study of medieval manuscripts of a technical nature that provide information about manual activities such as textile industry, metallurgy, painting and illumination. The high level of specialization of these crafts involved the need to rely on recipe books, handbooks and treatises. These texts illustrate the various aspects of transmission and dissemination of technical knowledge as well as the written culture of medieval craftsmen."--