TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Spiked mantlet T2 - Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft ID - d791sg46f AU - Vegetius Renatus, Flavius PB - Heinrich Stayner CY - Augsburg, Germany DA - 1529/// YR - 1529 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/d791sg46f AB - 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. KW - Engines of war KW - Military art and science KW - Siege warfare LA - German ER -