16th-century book of the arts

In the collection of German manuscripts at the Münchner Digitalisierungszentrum (a project of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) I found Wolfgang Seydel’s Kunstbuch oder von manigerlai Handwerchskünsten (loosely translated, Book of Arts, or Of Various Handcrafts) (1550-1560). I can’t read much of the handwriting, only a few words here and there (“glue,” “silver”), but for those who can read it I’m sure it would be a fascinating early source, so I thought it would be useful to post it here.

I also wanted to add that is possible to subscribe to the MDZ’s RSS feed to be notified as new documents are digitalized and published online. This is a great service that makes it much easier to take advantage of this enormous collection.