Roberto Valturio (1405–1475) was an Italian engineer and writer born in Rimini. He was the author of the military treatise De Re militari (1472). The...
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Espringal from De re militari by Roberto Valturio, 1455. Mangonel from BL Royal 19 D I, f.111. Onager from Walter de Milemete's De nobilitatibus, sapientiis...
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Torsion springald in Roberto Valturio's De Re Militari (1472)...
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Valturio – De re militari, the first book with technical illustrations Approximate date: Thomas à Kempis (died 1471) – The Imitation of Christ (De Imitatione...
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engineering and technology such as Valturio's De re militari (1472), Biringuccio's Pirotechnia (1540) and Agricola's De re metallica (1556), had had only...
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upon his death in 1792, including a first edition of Roberto Valturio's De re militari and 86 codices. Local historians consider Garampi's contribution...
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Opponent of the Medici – Canto XLI Roberto Valturio, d. 1489 – Italian engineer and scholar, author of De Re Militari (1472), active at the court of Sigismondo...
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