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Telescoping siege device and rope ladder
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
On the left is a telescoping siege device powered by a screw mechanism, and on the right is a rope ladder dangling from a castle tower.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Ladders, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Wheeled siege ladder
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A soldier ascends a siege ladder equipped with wheels.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Ladders, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Ladders
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The image shows a soldier climbing a siege ladder alongside a schematic of a different ladder in three parts that can be screwed together.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Ladders, Military art and science, Siege warfare