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[Portable siege ladder]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Summary
Print shows a portable ladder with sections that are screwed together, used during siege warfare.
Illus. in: Des durchleichtigen wolgebornen Grauen Flauii Vegecii Renati kurcze Red von der Ritterschafft (De re militari) / Flavius Vegetius Renatus. [Augsburg : Johann Wiener, ca. 1475].
Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 19.
Tags
military art and science
ladders
siege warfare
book illustrations
woodcuts
german
portable
siege
ladder
vintage illustration
1475
rare book and special collections division
flavius vegetius renatus
portable siege ladder
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Date
01/01/1475
Contributors
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius.
Source
Library of Congress
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