The Antiquities of England and Wales (page 3/8)

Machines of War and Castle Diagram

Machines of War and Castle Diagram

The entire plate. [more...]

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Ballista (Balista)

Ballista (Balista)

A ballista together with darts for the ballista and a winch for bending the ballista. This is taken from Machines of War. [more...]

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Machines of War overview

Machines of War overview

This is the bottom half of the diagram shown in the Machines of War plate. The individual machines are in separate illustrations here. [more...]

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Moveable Tower with Bridge and Battering Ram.

Moveable Tower with Bridge and Battering Ram.

This is taken from Machines of War.

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Castle Diagram

Castle Diagram

Diagram showing the various parts of the battlements of a castle. The text, under the heading References, lists 1. The Barbican, 2. The Ditch of Moat, 3. Wall of the outer Ballium [now called the outer bailey], 4. Outer Ballium [Outer Bailey], 5. Artificial Mount, 6. Wall of the Inner Ballium [inner bailey], [...] [more...]

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Catapulta [Catapult]

Catapulta [Catapult]

The lettered parts are explained in the text of the book. This is taken from Machines of War. [more...]

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The grand Door of Barfreston Church in Kent.

The grand Door of Barfreston Church in Kent.

On some of these arches is commonly over the key-stone represented God the Father, or our Saviour surrounded with angels; and below a melange of foliage, animals, often ludicrous, and sometimes even indecent subjects. Partly of this sort is the great [...] [more...]

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Ornament: Cornucopia

Ornament: Cornucopia

This antique typographic ornament was used as a chapter tail-piece at the end of a section of the preface. You could also use it as a decorative page element. This was scanned from a 1780s book, and is not perfect: I have not tried to clean it up or make it look new. It [...] [more...]

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