Tricks of the Medieval Trades: The Trinity Encyclopedia: A Collection of Fourteenth-Century English Craft Recipes

Clarke, Mark

ISBN 10: 1909492655 / ISBN 13: 9781909492653

Published by Archetype Pubns, 2018

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115 pages. 9.75x6.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tricks of the Medieval Trades: The Trinity Encyclopedia: A Collection of Fourteenth-Century English Craft Recipes
• Publisher: Archetype Pubns
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909492655
• ISBN 13: 9781909492653
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.44 kilograms

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Synopsis

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.