30-07-2018, 10:21 PM
I have no idea if it was commissioned or written for personal use.
My first instinct was that it was for personal use or to be bequeathed from parent to child. Trade secrets were extremely important in the Middle Ages. In some cultures they still are. In the modern technological world, the concept has almost disappeared but it was still alive and well up until the Internet changed it.
My first instinct was that it was for personal use or to be bequeathed from parent to child. Trade secrets were extremely important in the Middle Ages. In some cultures they still are. In the modern technological world, the concept has almost disappeared but it was still alive and well up until the Internet changed it.