The jewell of artes

Description

Title: The jewell of artes
Creator: Waymouth, George
Published / Created: 1603-1604.
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of George Waymouth (fl. 1587-1611), The jewell of artes, an unfinished technical handbook of navigation, inventions, fortifications, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting of short textual parts and extremely numerous full-page technical drawings and diagrams of high quality
Description: About the author, a somewhat mysterious navigator, scholar and engineer, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, v. 51 (2004), pp. 777-778. He returned in 1602 from his unsuccesful expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, presented the King in 1604 with two versions of his treatise The Jewell of Artes and undertook in 1605 a new expedition to the American East coast, landing in Maine.
In English.
Script: Written by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary).
Binding: Original armorial (rebacked). Brown calf over cardboard, both covers gold-tooled with a seme pattern of flowerets, corner pieces and a central piece with the arms of King James I. Spine with six raised bands and red title-label with inscription "JEWELL OF ARTES".
Provenance: Library of King James I. Bequest of Henry C. Taylor, 1971.
Extent: ff. 581 : 310 x 205 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Waymouth, George.
Subject (Topic): English literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Military art and science
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Subjects: Waymouth, George
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Military art and science > Early works to 1800
Navigation > Early works to 1800
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: George Waymouth, The Jewell of Artes. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.