Title

Proto-scientific revolution or cookbook science? Early gunnery manuals in the craft treatise tradition

Authors

Steven A. Walton, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

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.

Publisher's Statement

©2013 Brepols Publishers. Publisher's version of record: https://doi.org/10.1484/M.DDA-EB.5.102157

Publication Title

Craft Treatises and Handbooks: The Dissemination of Technical Knowledge in the Middle Ages

Recommended Citation

Walton, S. A. (2013). Proto-scientific revolution or cookbook science? Early gunnery manuals in the craft treatise tradition. Craft Treatises and Handbooks: The Dissemination of Technical Knowledge in the Middle Ages, 221-236. http://doi.org/10.1484/M.DDA-EB.5.102157
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