A Byzantine army, besieging a citadel, deploys its trebuchet. Illustration from a 12th century Sici
A Byzantine army, besieging a citadel, deploys its trebuchet. Illustration from a 12th century Sicilian manuscript of the Synopsis of Histories (Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν) of John Skylitzes (ca. 1040-1101). Now in the Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid. -- source link
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