This volume brings together critical editions, translations into
English, and textual studies of two seminal early printed books in
the history of German mining. Johan Haselberg's "Der Ursprung
gemeynner Berckrecht," dating from the 1530s, is the earliest
printed compendium of legal and scientific texts on metal mining,
some dating back to the 12th century. The "Bergkordnung Norwegen,"
printed in 1540, stands out as the first mining code composed in
Germany for use in another country (Norway). The lengthy
introduction surveys early German mining and mining literature in
general, then examines the two books in their cultural, historical,
and linguistic contexts. On the one hand, early practices and
developments in the evolution of compiling technical information
are demonstrated in the texts; however, the books also reveal some
of the problems adherent to textual transmission in the early
period of book printing.
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