Openness, Secrecy, Authorship: Technical Arts and the Culture of Knowledge from Antiquity to the Renaissance.

Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Editions and Translations INTRODUCTION- Categories and Key Words: Local Meaning in Long-Term History Chapter 1: Open Authorship with Ancient Traditions of Techne and Praxis Chapter 2: Secrecy and Esoteric Knowledge in Late Antiquity Chapter 3: Handing Down Craft Knowledge Chapter 4: Authorship on the Mechanical Arts in the Last Scribal Age Chapter 5: Secrecy and the Esoteric Traditions of the Renaissance Chapter 6: Openness and Authorship I: Mining, Metallurgy, and the Military Arts Chapter 7: Openness and Authorship II: Painting, Architecture, and the Other Arts EPILOGUE - Values of Transmission and the New Sciences Notes Bibliography Index