Living and working in seventeenth century England [electronic resource] : an encyclopedia of drawings and descriptions from Randle Holme's original manuscripts for the academy of armory (1688) / by N.W. Alcock and Nancy Cox.
2000
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Title
Living and working in seventeenth century England [electronic resource] : an encyclopedia of drawings and descriptions from Randle Holme's original manuscripts for the academy of armory (1688) / by N.W. Alcock and Nancy Cox.
Published
London : British Library, 2000.
Description
1 CD-ROM : color ; 4 3/4 in.
Associated name
Material base
metal plastic
Summary
Holme's work started as manual of heraldry, but moved on to drawings and descriptions of all manner of household and craftwokers' tools and techniques.
Randle Holme's Academy of Armory is a seventeenth century Universal Encyclopaedia. Its value for early modern social history and as a source for the study of material culture has long been recognised. The CD-ROM provides 2,500 original drawings comprehensively matched with Randle Holme's text edited to emphasize the social history content.
Randle Holme's Academy of Armory is a seventeenth century Universal Encyclopaedia. Its value for early modern social history and as a source for the study of material culture has long been recognised. The CD-ROM provides 2,500 original drawings comprehensively matched with Randle Holme's text edited to emphasize the social history content.
Note
Title from container insert.
Vols. 1-3 of Holme's work were published in 1688, the remaining, unpublished portions are contained in Harl. mss. 2033-2035.
Vols. 1-3 of Holme's work were published in 1688, the remaining, unpublished portions are contained in Harl. mss. 2033-2035.
System details
System requirements: PC: recommended Windows 95, 98, NT; acceptable Windows 3.1. Macintosh: Power Macintosh; 32MB RAM minimum. Unix: any modern system. Software: frames-enabled browser. (Netscape 4.0 included for PC and Mac).
Includes
Container of (work): Holme, Randle, 1627-1699. Academy of armory.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
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CD-ROM 49
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No case or accession number present