THEOPHILUS, The Various Arts, De Diversis Artibus (medieval text, written between 1110 and 1140 AD) translated from the Latin with Introduction by C.R. Dodwell, then Fellow and Librarian, Trinity College, Cambridge, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd (1961). This remarkable text illustrates in detail how mediaeval craftsmen worked. I quote both the excellent Introduction and the text.
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