Johannes form cutter

Johannes Formschneider (* before 1420, † after 1470) was a gunsmith in the service of the imperial city of Nuremberg .

Life

Formschneider entered the service of the city of Nuremberg in 1440. Around 1460 he began to summarize his artillery knowledge in an illustrated manuscript, the material of which was probably complete in 1470 and which was copied for various users in the following years.

plant

The gunsmith's book by Johannes Formschneider has come down to us in several copies of varying sizes:

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Cgm 356 (made towards the end of the 15th century in Bavaria)
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Cgm 734 (made around 1470 with additions) Fully digitized version of the BSB
Archive of the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Hs. 1949-258 (made around 1480)
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Hs. 719 (made around 1465/70) digitized

literature

Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . tape 1 . Reichelt, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89500-261-8 , pp. 239-249 .

proof

^ Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . tape 2 . Reichelt, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89500-261-8 , pp. 198-201 .
^ Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . tape 2 . Reichelt, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89500-261-8 , pp. 206-211 .
^ Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . tape 2 . Reichelt, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89500-261-8 , pp. 261-262 .
^ Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . tape 2 . Reichelt, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89500-261-8 , pp. 263-266 .

personal data
SURNAME	Form cutter, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gunsmith in the service of the imperial city of Nuremberg
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1420
DATE OF DEATH	after 1470

[1] Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . tape 2 . Reichelt, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89500-261-8 , pp. 198-201 .

[2] Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . tape 2 . Reichelt, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89500-261-8 , pp. 206-211 .

[3] Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . tape 2 . Reichelt, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89500-261-8 , pp. 261-262 .

[4] Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . tape 2 . Reichelt, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89500-261-8 , pp. 263-266 .