Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century : illustrated by commentaries and descriptions (1859)

Villard, de Honnecourt, active 13th century, Lassus, Jean Baptiste Antoine, 1807-1857, Darcel, Alfred, 1818-1893, Quicherat, Jules Étienne Joseph, 1814-1882, Willis, Robert, 1799-1878 · London : John Henry and James Parker · leaf 348

An illustration from Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century : illustrated by commentaries and descriptions, 1859, leaf 348 — rizontal barrel, with a wheel or handle on its axis, like that for lifting the bucket of a well. The rope, of which one end was hooked to the long arm of the verge, had the other end coiled round the barrel. One or more men by turning the handle or the wheel could thus raise the weight. The wheel… … Fig. 29.— Trebuchct, from the MS. of the Romance of Alexander, Bodl. 260. A.D,, 1338. In this, as in the other MS. examples, the verge is in its lowest position. One of the two upright posts for sustaining its axis, with its lateral braces, is dis- tinctly shewn, but is not made sufficiently high…

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