Guido’s Texaurus, 1335
By A. Rupert Hall
On pre-modern technology and science: a volume of studies in honor of Lynn White Jr. (Malibu, 1976)
Synopsis: In 1335, Guido da Vigevano, an Italian physician, wrote a treatise for the French king Philip VI, on the subject of launching a crusade to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land. This article examines the chaptes in this treatise about warfare and in particular the siege machines and devices that Guido detailed.
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Guido’s Texaurus, 1335
By A. Rupert Hall
On pre-modern technology and science: a volume of studies in honor of Lynn White Jr. (Malibu, 1976)
Synopsis: In 1335, Guido da Vigevano, an Italian physician, wrote a treatise for the French king Philip VI, on the subject of launching a crusade to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land. This article examines the chaptes in this treatise about warfare and in particular the siege machines and devices that Guido detailed.
Click here to read/download this article (PDF file)
Click here to read/download the translation of Guido da Vigevan’s text (PDF file)
Click here to read/download the illustrations from this article (PDF file)
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