Unidentified (German?) artist, Medieval siege tower

Medieval siege tower

After Unidentified (German?) artist

RA Collection: Art

Title
Medieval siege tower
Artist/designer
From
Flavius Vegetius, De re militari libri quatuor, [edited by Guillaume Budé]. Paris: C. Wechel, 1532 (p. 38)
Object type
Printed illustration
Place of Publication
Paris
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions

221 mm x 138 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
15/4294
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Fl. Vegetii Renati Viri illustris de re Militari libri quatuor. Sexti Iulii Frontini viri consularis de Stratagematis libri totidem. Aeliani de instruendis Aciebus liber unus. Modesti de vocabulis rei Militaris liber item unus. Item picturæ bellicæ cxx passim Vegetio adiectæ. Collata sunt omnia ad antiquos codices, maxime Budæi, quod testabitur Aelianus. [Vignette] - Lutetiæ: [1532]

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