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
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Year of printing: |
1844 |
Artist - Engraver
- Publisher: |
n/a - n/a - Johann Georg Heck.
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Condition: |
Excellent - Very good - Good -
Fair.
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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.
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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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