Johannes Fontana, “Liber instrumentorum iconographicus”: Ein illustriertes Maschinenbuch., ed. and trans., Horst Kranz. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2014. Pp. 192; many black-and-white figures. €46. ISBN: 978-3-515-10660-3 [Book Review]

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Introduction and discussion of a new German edition of the Bellicorum Instrumentorum Libri cum figuris et fictitijs literis conscriptus, Monaco di Baviera, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. Icon. 242. This manuscript is the machine book of Giovanni Fontana. Fontana describes siege engines and inventions such as a magic lantern and a rocket-propelled device.

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