Mangonel, an engine of war in the 15th century, (1870). Artist: Unknown

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Mangonel, an engine of war in the 15th century, (1870). A mangonel was a type of catapult or siege engine used to throw projectiles at the walls of a city or castle. A wood engraving after a miniature from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris. Illustration from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870).

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