Tower with ramp or external staircase

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You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.are some informations about this kind of map(s).

... The most closely related or influenced maps of the T-O’s are those that accompany manuscripts of Sallust’s works and may have originally been drawn to illustrate a passage from Sallust’s De bello Jugurthino ( note:  Jugurthine War ) ....

Ladders or ramps were often illustrated based on the template by Konrad Kyeser. The roof in this example looks similar to that in the VMS.



Kyeser, Conradus, Bellifortis, Elsaß, [arround 1460] Ms. germ. qu. 15, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..