Cannons versus Pipes

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Some interesting imagery from the Rosenwald5+6 mentioned above
These are copies of Vegetius' De rei militari and one of the sources for Taccola's works. However, Taccola faded into obscurity soon after his death and to my knowledge, his works were never printed. In contrast, his sources Vegetius' De rei militari and Bellifortis by Konrad Kyeser remained popular throughout the 15th century and were frequently copied as manuscripts and later printed. I therefore wonder if the imagery of works by the 3 authors cross-influenced each other. It all is somewhat similar.

A notable feature of the Rosenwald6 De rei militari is the 3-dimensional wolkenband-like structure indicating ground. In Taccola's manuscripts it often designates coastline, much like the border of VM waterbodies. Also both copies contain buildings with swallowtail merlons. Rosenwald5 has vastly superior imagery compared to #6. The imagery is largely but not fully identical.

Rosenwald6:
Weird pipes



Cannons


Onion tower


Mermaid on a tube on top of a tower


Round diagrams with zodiac




Rosenwald5:

In the round diagram with zodiac, none of the pictures match the text. I can't read the Latin. Is it deliberate?