Cort ende eenüoüdich onderwys [manuscript] : vant maechen ende Stellen der Huydendaechse Ghebruckeluxste Slachoordens ofte bataillons Mitsgaders eenighe vermaeckeluke Formen ende curiduse Questien Der Zeluighe matidie, compiled ca. 1650.

Cort ende eenüoüdich onderwys [manuscript] : vant maechen ende Stellen der Huydendaechse Ghebruckeluxste Slachoordens ofte bataillons Mitsgaders eenighe vermaeckeluke Formen ende curiduse Questien Der Zeluighe matidie, compiled ca. 1650.

179 leaves : diagrams (some col.) ; 16 x 20 cm

Theories and diagrams of military tactical formations and diagrams of actual troop formations including Battle of Kircholm (leaves 137-138) and Battle of Lützen (leaf 173) including diagrams.

In Dutch and French.

Title from leaf 4: Cort ende Eenüoüdich onderwys. vant maechen ende Stellen der Huydendaechse Ghebruckeluxste Slachoordens ofte bataillons Mitsgaders eenighe vermaeckeluke Formen ende curiduse Questien Der Zeluighe matidie.

Folding leaves: 64, 66, 69, 139-140, 152-154 and 168-169; blank leaves: 33, 40-44, 54, 61-62, 71-72, 77-80, 87-88, 101-112; stub leaves: 129, 130, 157, 158, 166, 167. Manuscript waste in binding.

Compiled in two hands. Diagrams in black and red ink or black ink and watercolor; some unfinished. Some leaves frame ruled in red.

Inscription at the beginning: Sum C. de Tour A[nn]o 1673.

Name of Wilhelmus Ros appears on leaf 139v.

Formerly Folger MS Add 860.

Acquired from BMIsraël, September 25, 1984.

V.a.567

MS Add 860