Title: Secrets of craft and nature in Renaissance 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."
Subjects: Manufactures, Early works to 1800, Handicraft, Handbooks, manuals, History, Formulas, recipes, Technical manuals, French Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Places: France, Paris
Time periods: 16th century