Antique Print from the German Bilder Atlas by Georg Heck



Military Engines of the Romans and the Middle Ages
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Type of print: Steel engraving - Original vintage antique print
Year of printing: 1844
Artist - Engraver - Publisher: n/a - n/a - Johann Georg Heck.
Condition: Excellent - Very good - Good - Fair.
Overall dimensions of print: Including blank margins: 9 x 11 1/2 inches. 1 inch = 2,54 cm.
Type of paper: Thick - Heavier - Medium heavy, wove - Slightly heavier - Thin.
Reverse side: Blank - With text or pictures
Notes: 1. Green 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed, it is not part of the print.



Legend
Fig. 1. Steel catapult, 2. A simple kind of springel, 3,4. Sling ballista, 5. Small ballista for fire balls, 6. Wall piece or culverin, 7. A swivel gun or field hackbut, 8. Arquebus of lighter construction, 9. Arquebus, 10, Musket, 11. Match lock, old construction, 12. Match lock, improved construction, 13. Wheel lock, 14. Wheel lock, improved, 15. Mortar, made of wooden staves, like casks, 16. A stone throwing mortar, 17. Bombard on a fixed bed, 18,19. The first cannons, known as Bombards, 20. Forty-five battering gun, 21. Movable carriage, 22. Mortar and chambered gun, 23. A petard used for bursting gates etc., 24. [center] Movable towers used to conquer Jerusalem by the Crusaders on the 15th July 1099 after a siege of one month.

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