Sujet

Siege, c1260, (1843).Artist: Henry Shaw

Légende

Siege, c1260, (1843). Copy of a manuscript illustration showing assailants, under cover of a kind of shed which has been moved by wheels up to the walls, undermining the tower. The besieged soldiers are retaliating with stones and Greek fire. Such sheds on wheels were known as mantlets. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1843

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C11_412

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,1Mo (1,0Mo) / 25,2cm x 29,9cm / 2982 x 3527 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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