This manuscript is similar to the "Bombs and Explosives handbook" I published last October, link here. There're some big differences, as this codex has intensification on "rockets". Officially, the rocket artillery started in India, when Tipu Sultan introduced the first iron cased metal cylinder rocket. But this kind of artifacts were used also in China, without metal casing, as fire arrows.
This treatise has also an amazing proposal for the "new" war concept during 16th Century: the incredible use of trained dogs and even birds as moving bombs, see first image above. In our days, dolphins and orcas are still trained for military purposes (known as "dolphins of war") but governments only recognize these programs in relation to defense techniques like mine detection and equipment recovery. Anyway, returning to the manuscript, I couldn't find references about author. Has around 30 detailed illustrations, 240 leaves, and was written in 20-22 cursive lines format, with the frame ruled in red ink. Investigations revealed that was written in Germany in 1580.
