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    Archaeo-Histories (archaeohistories@ohai.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 18:23:00 JSTArchaeo-HistoriesArchaeo-Histories

    A 16th Century CE, Manuscript (UPenn Ms. Codex 109) includes an image of 'Cat with a rocket on its back'.

    It comes from a work that examines gunpowder and weaponry, one idea was to use doves and cats loaded with flammable devices to set fire to enemy positions.

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      Dr. Mohammad Firoz Khan on Instagram: "A 16th Century CE, Manuscript (UPenn Ms. Codex 109) includes an image of 'Cat with a rocket on its back'. Illustration above comes from UPenn Ms. Codex 109 which came to library as part of Edgar Fahs Smith history of chemistry collection. This manuscript is one of several at Penn dealing with early history of gunpowder, artillery, and explosives. Based on title I assumed it was one of many manuscript copies of famous 1420 CE, Feuerwerkbuch which provides instructions to artillery masters on how to construct weapons, aim guns and manufacture various explosives. So where does explosive cat fit in? I looked through both printed German text of Feuerwerkbuch and English translation in vain – “explosive fire balls” and “fire arrows” are covered in text but no fire cats. Along way I also discovered that another of Penn’s manuscripts had an almost identical illustration. In this case, a 1590 CE, “Book of instruction for a cannon master.” Clearly these fiery animals were more than just the fancy of one manuscript illustrator. Further, text accompanying the illustration in both Codex 109 and LJS 442 did not match anything I could trace in editions of Feuerwerkbuch. Fortunately, in torrent of tweets about the rocket cat, one came in citing yet another example of illustration, this time from a manuscript at Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. Heidelberg has cataloged their manuscript as “Buch von den probierten Künsten” of Franz Helm. Though drawing on Feuerwerkbuch, this text dates from a century later (1530 CE) and includes large new sections on siege warfare and different types of explosive weapons. In fact, Penn collection includes an identified copy of Helm’s treatise, though unillustrated (LJS 254). Thanks to a recent critical edition of the work I was able to confirm that text of both LJS 442 and Codex 109 were indeed from Buch von den probierten Künsten. #manuscript #medievalmanuscript #archaeohistories #cat #rocket #universityofpennsylvania #history #historyfacts #medievalart #facts #heidelberg #pennmuseum #pennsylvania #medievaleurope #heidelberguniversity #historyfacts"
      4 likes, 2 comments - archaeohistories on September 24, 2023: "A 16th Century CE, Manuscript (UPenn Ms. Codex 109) includes an image of 'Cat with a rocket on it..."
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