Compositiones Lucenses and Mappæ Clavicula: two traditions or one? New evidence from empirical analysis and assessment of the literature
Guido Frison|Giulia Brun
Information on materials and procedures of painters the past can be gained from latest examinations a painting its documentary sources, change meaning which is prior interest to historians technical art. This paper an empirical theoretical examination relationships between two main early medieval collections craft recipes, Compositiones Lucenses Mappae Clavicula. The primary aim this work criticise current prevalent concept Clavicula, show that tradition does not include Compositiones: these traditions, despite sharing sets manuscripts, result in appreciably different texts. first edition eighth ninth centuries recipe book (Lucca, Biblioteca Capitolare, 490) occurred 1739, twelfth century exemplar Clavicula’s text about one later (Corning, Museum Glass, Phillipps 3715, or Corning manuscript). In interwar period particularly after WWII, Lucca manuscript was predominantly considered member Clavicula tradition, regarded as second only Theophilus’s De diversis artibus, written source for study technology. ‘Compositiones Lucenses’ ‘Mappae Clavicula’ are taxonomic concepts classification manuscripts texts, meanings we redefine paper. contrast today’s prevailing approach, move focus single (Lucca 490 Corning) traditions witnesses, texts bound same codex. critical section concerns most important interpretations notion while positive draws three works: seminal by Halleux Meyvaert (1980s), Baroni’s Mappae, inventory Brun (2010s). consider items: twelve reveal internal structure nine codices, transmit both shed light how differ. As present research, significant segment composed aggregation small nuclei, developed regardless Mappae. distinct textual members super-corpus.
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