Siegecraft: Two Tenth-Century Instructional Manuals by

Siegecraft: Two Tenth-Century Instructional Manuals by "Heron of Byzantium"

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection | Denis F. Sullivan, Heron | ISBN 0884022706 | 2000 | PDF | 1 MB | 197 pages

The "Parangelmata Poliorcetica" and the "Geodesia," two Greek treatises on the construction of devices for siege warfare, are products of 10th-century Byzantium. The texts are presented here in critical editions based, for the first time, on the archetype manuscript "Vaticanus graecus 1605" and accompanied by an English translation and commentary. The illustrations, reproduced in this edition, go beyond the traditional ground plans of the time and show elevations to represent finished devices in action.

Really great posts, edddy!

Thanks a lot for sharing them (and thanks for the RS links!)... ;-)

Cheers

FredCouples

thanks. but is the introduction in the book repeated twice or something?

you are welcome. yes, the introduction is somehow repeated twice. sorry for that.

Gr8 post, thank's for your efort M8