ke machines used during the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenthcenturies, seem to have been extremely numerous and complicated, and theknowledge of them was probably brought from the east. Many descriptionsof these machines arc found in the old chronicles. Their names were ijenc-rally in the… … E dressa sos calabres, et fai mala vezina,E sas autras peireiras, e dona, e reina;Pessia los autz murs e la sala peirina. He prepared his calabres, and the ill neighbour, And his other machines for throwing stones, and the lady, and the queen; He breaks the lofty walls and the hall of stone. The…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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