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Paris Manuscript B — 52

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Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France, Paris

Vari disegni per la copertura d'un tetto, con:

Modo come si de' coprire il tetto nel suo culmine.

Bastione, con:

Modo di pariete di bastione che abbino a resistere alle bombarde1.

Various drawings for the covering of a roof, with:

Way in which one should cover the roof at its ridge.

Bastion, with:

Way of making a bastion wall such that they resist bombards.

Roof coverings at the ridge, and a bombard-proof bastion wall

Studies for covering a roof at its ridge, with a bastion wall to resist cannon

Architecture Weapons & Fortification

Two construction notes with sketches. The upper drawings show ways of covering a roof at its ridge (culmen), seen from several angles. The lower sketch shows the wall of a bastion shaped so as to resist bombards.

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Covering a roof at its ridge

The upper sketches set out ways of covering a roof at its ridge (culmen). Tiled slopes and their framing are drawn from several angles.

Bastion wall to resist bombards

The lower drawing shows the wall of a bastion shaped so that it resists bombards. Its stepped, battered form is meant to withstand cannon fire.

Reader's Edition — described with AI from the e-Leo transcription.