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Mobile siege defense wall
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A mobile wooden siege wall concealing a soldier firing a mortar.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Artist's depiction of Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, commonly referred to as Vegetius, a writer from the Later Roman Empire (circa 4th century) who wrote extensively on military matters.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science, Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
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Rotating gun platform
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science
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Shoeing a horse
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
This image depicts a horseshoe with nails, a farrier shoeing a horse, and a farrier's rasp.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Horseshoers, Military art and science, Horseshoeing
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Siege hook
- Falx
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The siege hook, or falx, was a siege engine dating back to Roman times. Similar to a battering ram, the siege hook was tipped with a pry bar, and the ram had handles for twisting and either splintering wooden doors or…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Battering rams, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Siege tower with telescopic stage
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A fortified tower filled with soldiers is raised using a telescoping leg system driven by a pulley.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Siege vehicle with guns
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Soldiers ride in a wheeled siege vehicle with windows for firing weapons.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Sling
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Soldier holding a sling used for hurling projectiles and an enlarged view of the sling itself.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Slings, Military art and science
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Sling stave
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The sling stave is a staff with a sling at the end, used for hurling smaller projectiles. In Latin it is called a fustibalus. One cord of the sling is attached to the staff or "stave" and the other end has a loop that…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Slings, Military art and science
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Spiked mantlet
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A siege engine in the form of a portable shelter behind which soldiers could take cover and advance in the face of projectiles. This form is equipped with spikes to deter head-on attack from opposing forces.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Spiked shield
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Soldiers wearing armor engaged in sword combat wielding a spiked shield.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Shields, Military art and science
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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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Title page from Vegetius' Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
Illustrated title page with a woodcut after Hans Weiditz by Jörg Brou the elder of Schoeller, showing a military scene with men in armor, some of whom are carrying long swords and spears in front of decorated tents.
- Artist Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Contributor Brou, Jörg
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science
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124 items
Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
First edition published by Heinrich Stayner of De re militari, a classic work on the science of making war by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, commonly referred to as Vegetius, a writer from the Later Roman Empire…
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science
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Wheeled animal war engine
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A war engine with four wheels in the shape of an animal with the feet of a bird and the head of a lion, operated by three soldiers.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science
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Wheeled siege bridge
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A siege bridge with a sliding mechanism for extending across rivers or moats.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject 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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Wheeled siege ramp
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A soldier ascends a wooden siege ramp.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Military art and science, Siege warfare
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Wheeled war engine with face and spikes
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
War engine with wheels, face, and spikes, apparently used to break up enemy ranks or crush enemy troops.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Military art and science
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Wooden catapult
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
A wooden catapult used for hurling an object such as a stone.
- Author Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Publisher Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
- Subject Engines of war, Catapult, Military art and science
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353 items
De la Pirotechnia
- 1540
A first edition, Italian work considered to be the earliest printed book on metallurgy published in Europe. The work was written in Venice by Vannoccio Biringuccio (c. 1480 – c. 1539), an Italian metallurgist of Siena,…
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275 items
Geberis Philosophi Perspicacissimi Summa Perfectionis Magisterii in sua Natura ex Bibliothecae Vaticanae Exemplari Undecunque
- 1542
Work from the "pseudo-Geber" corpus, a group of writings falsely attributed to the Arabic alchemist, Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (died c. 806–816, Latinized as “Geber"). These writings are actually from 13th or…
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228 items
De Alchimia Opuscula Quae Sequuntur
- 1546
A collection of four alchemical works ascribed to Ramon Llull (c. 1232-1316), of which three are printed here for the first time: Apertorium, Magia Naturalis, and Tertia Distinctio. The fourth treatise, De secretis…
- Author Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
- Printer Petrejus, Johannes, 1497-1550
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemists, Mineralogy, Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
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33 items
Medical and alchemical recipes : autograph manuscript
- 1550s
Dutch or Flemish apothecary's reference pocketbook with recipes, remedies, and customers' names, all written in Dutch. The majority of the recipes and remedies relate to women's illnesses and the plague. The final notes…
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192 items
Various works including Lucidarium artis transmutationis metallorum, extracts from the Sommeta and Violetta, and Epistola
- Transmutation de' mettali
- 1557
A collection of alchemical texts by Christophorus (or sometimes in this manuscript “Christofalus”) Parisiensis. Despite his name, Christophorus Parisiensis (Christopher of Paris) was likely Italian, possibly from…
