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Craig Peters
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Talhoffer Illustrations (slightly OT)

Postby Craig Peters » Wed Jul 09, 2003 5:28 pm

In Talhoffer's 1459 work, Alte Armatur und Ringkunst, from plates 11 recto to 48 verso there are a number of odd devices and machines of war. Most of these items I do not recognize, even though I know a little about siege warfare. Can someone lend some insight as to what they are, and why they appear in the manual? <img src="/forum/images/icons/confused.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Talhoffer Illustrations (slightly OT)

Postby Bart Walczak » Wed Jul 09, 2003 6:15 pm

It is a copy of Belliforties (sp?), a tactics and strategy manual.
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Re: Talhoffer Illustrations (slightly OT)

Postby Craig Peters » Thu Jul 10, 2003 3:57 pm

Never heard of Belliforties; is it mainly concerned with tactics and strategies for siege warfare and advising generals, or does it contain techniques for different medieval/renaissance hand to hand weaponry too?
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Re: Talhoffer Illustrations (slightly OT)

Postby Bart Walczak » Thu Jul 10, 2003 7:37 pm

It is the most famous medieval manual which deals with siege weapons and tactics. It was widely copied.
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Re: Talhoffer Illustrations (slightly OT)

Postby steve hick » Thu Jul 10, 2003 7:49 pm

Konrad Kyeser von Eichstätt, Bellifortis written ca 1405. The most recent edition is:

Konrad Kyeser, Bellifortis. / Feuerwerkbuch. Farbmikrofiche-
Ed. der Bilderhandschriften Go"ttingen Nieders. Staats- u.
Univ.-Bibl., 2=B0 Cod. Ms. philos. 64 Cim. und 64a Cim.
Einf=FChrung und Beschreibung von Udo Friedrich und Fidel
Ra"dle, Mu"nchen: Edition Helga Lengenfelder, 1995 (Codices
figurati- Libri picturati, 3)
ISBN 3-89219-303-7
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