Secrets of craft and nature in Renaissance France
Subtitle: a digital critical edition and English translation of BnF Ms. Fr. 640
Contributors: Catapano, Terry; Rosenkranz, Naomi; Uchacz, Tianna Helena; Taape, Tillmann; Godbarge, Clément; Pitman, Sophie; Boulboullé, Jenny; Klein, Joel A.; Bilak, Donna; Smith, Marc H.; Bibliothèque nationale de France; Making and Knowing Project (Columbia University); Columbia University. Center for Science and Society
Publisher: Columbia University in the City of New York, the Center for Science and Society
Published: 2020
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.]
Language: fre
ISBN-13: 9780578830087
Subjects: Manufactures; Early works to 1800; Handicraft; Handbooks, manuals; History; Formulas, recipes; Technical manuals; French Manuscripts; Facsimiles; Bibliothèque nationale de France
Description: "A production of the Making and Knowing Project, this edition provides a transcription and English translation of Ms. Fr. 640, composed by an anonymous "author-practitioner" in 1580s Toulouse and now held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. This manuscript offers unique firsthand insight into making and materials from a time when artists were scientists. The research resources in this edition explore the manuscript's context and diverse topics."
Notes: "Founding Director: Pamela H. Smith"--About.

Contributors: Pamela H. Smith, Naomi Rosenkranz, Tianna Helena Uchacz, Tillmann Taape, Clément Godbarge, Sophie Pitman, Jenny Boulboullé, Joel Klein, Donna Bilak, Marc Smith, and Terry Catapano.

English and French.