Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 124
ere the bucentaures (Fig. 71), large Venetiangalleys, and the sagettes, or sdities (arrows), whose names denote their slendershape and speed, and which, with their twelve or fifteen oars on each side, NAVAL MATTERS. 77 played the same part in the twelfth century as the baliner, or barineal, andthe… … Fig. 70.—Turreted Vessel -which, protected the Port of Venice.—From, a Medal struck inhonour of the Doge P. Candiano I., who died in 887 (Venetian Museum). the fuste and the frigate, both smaller examples of the galeasse. A galleywas termed galeasse (Fig. 72) when it was of large size, powerfully…
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