De Re Militari... De Re Metallica..... De Re?

[Baron Conal]

How many De Re type manuscripts/books are there?

I'm gonna look, but if someone else already knows it would
save me some time


thanks in advance!

[Karen Larsdatter]

"De re" just kind of means "Concerning" or "About."

There's also De Re Aedificatoria, De Re Coquinaria, De Re Dialectica, De Re Diplomatica, De Re Equestri, De Re Herbaria, De Re Litteraria Judicia, De Re Medicina, De Re Metrica, De Re Poetica, De Re Publica, De Re Rustica, De Re Vestiaria, De Re Vehiculari Veterum, and De Re Atari.


And that's not counting all the various manuscripts & editions of the above, of course. (And there are a couple of different works by the same titles as the above.)


(This is a bit like collecting a list of all children's books that feature the words "All About" in the title.)

[Effingham]

(This is a bit like collecting a list of all children's books that feature the words "All About" in the title.)

I remember fondly a whole spate of different books in my old neighborhood library beginning "A Boy's First Book on...." and they included books on knights, vikings, castles, sailing ships, etc.

(Given the era, I rather imagine there was probably a pile of books called "A Girl's First Book on..." with titles on baking, sewing, dolls, etc.)


Effingham