CRAFT TREATISES AND HANDBOOKS

This book is devoted to the study of medieval manuscripts of a technical nature that provide information about manual activities suc h 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 techn ical knowledge as well as the written culture of medieval craftsmen...