Tricks of the Medieval Trades
The Trinity Encyclopedia, a collection of 14th century English craft recipes
By (author) Mark Clarke
Paperback (Published)
(October 2018)
ISBN: 9781909492653
6.69 x 9.65 inches
Price: $75.00
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The anonymous Trinity Encyclopedia (translated here from Middle English for the first time) is a collection of unusually detailed 14th-century English craft recipes, collected from several individuals and from a number of written sources, for manufacturing pigments, dyeing, preparing skins and furs, imitating expensive imported leathers, counterfeiting semi-precious materials, ‘multiplying’ (adulterating) verdigris, and for making soaps and confectionery. In many cases, the recipes attempt to codify and make explicit the practical knowledge of the craftsmen, conveying it by means of tips, clues, indicators of progress, tests for quality of materials, tests for progress, and tests for completion.
The anonymous Trinity Encyclopedia (translated here from Middle English for the first time) is a collection of unusually detailed 14th century English craft recipes, collected from several individuals and from a number of written sources, for manufacturing pigments, dyeing, preparing skins and furs, imitating expensive imported leathers, counterfeiting semi-precious materials, ‘multiplying’ (adulterating) verdigris, and for making soaps and confectionery. In many cases, the recipes attempt to codify and make explicit the practical knowledge of the craftsmen, conveying it by means of tips, clues, indicators of progress, tests for quality of materials, tests for progress, and tests for completion.
List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction The technical content: overview and highlights The Trinity Encyclopedia as a source of 'lost' technical vocabulary The manuscripts Composition and compilation: the typology of the recipes and their sources Author, title and date Purpose and audience As the manner is ... The Trinity Encyclopedia in context: craft recipes in medieval England Principles of the translation Tools and equipment The Trinity Encyclopedia: Translation Appendix 1 London, British Library, MS Sloane 73 (MS S): contents, concordance, additional recipes Appendix II Typology of the recipes Appendix III Earlier studies Appendix IV Revisions to the Early English Text Society edition of the Trinity Encyclopedia Glossary Bibliography,
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The technical content: overview and highlights
The Trinity Encyclopedia as a source of ‘lost’ technical vocabulary
The manuscripts
Composition and compilation: the typology of the recipes and their sources
Author, title and date
Purpose and audience
As the manner is …
The Trinity Encyclopedia in context: craft recipes in medieval England
Principles of the translation
Tools and equipment
The Trinity Encyclopedia: Translation
Appendix 1 London, British Library, MS Sloane 73 (MS S): contents, concordance, additional recipes
Appendix II Typology of the recipes
Appendix III Earlier studies
Appendix IV Revisions to the Early English Text Society edition of the Trinity Encyclopedia
Glossary
Bibliography
- By (author) Mark Clarke
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