Utriusque Collection

Clepsydra (water clock) indicating hours and with a chime. Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi historia ,Oppenheim, 1617-19
536388 Clepsydra (water clock) indicating hours and with a chime. Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi historia ,Oppenheim, 1617-19

Gunners laying siege to a moated and fortified enclosure. Attackers are using earth-filled baskets called gabions to
529951 Gunners laying siege to a moated and fortified enclosure. Attackers are using earth-filled baskets called gabions to protect their guns and themselves

Francesco Petrarch (author) and Hans Weiditz, II (artist), German (1500 or before-c. 1536), Von der Artzney bayder GlaOEck (De Remediis Utriusque Fortuna) (On the Remedies of Good and Evil Fortune)

Star Fort defended by moat coming under siege. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia Oppenheim 1617-1619. Engraving

Finding the angular distance between two edges of a wood using a cross-staff. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Design for encampment outside a besieged fortress. Engraving from Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia Oppenheim 1617-1619

Using a cross-staff to measure the height of a tower. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Clepsydra (water clock) indicating hours and with a chime. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-19. Engraving

Measuring the distance of an inaccessible object by triangulation using a hinged staff. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Method of using quadrant fitted with a plumb line and marked with shadow scales to measure the depth of well. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Using a plane table and hinged staff to measure the height of a tower. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Only known genuine illustration of interior of Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark, London. Stage of second Globe built on foundations and in same style as first Globe immediately after fire of 1613

Astrologers preparing a horoscope. From title page of section on casting horoscopes from Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-19. Engraving

Astrologers preparing a horoscope. From Robert Fludd Utriusque Cosmi historia. Oppenheim
Astrologers preparing a horoscope. From Robert Fludd Utriusque Cosmi..historia. Oppenheim, 1617-1619

Turkish forces, left, attacking a fortress. Groups of pikemen are standing in readiness waiting for the artillery to damage the fortifications

Proposed method of moving artillery battery towards the enemy while giving some protection to the guns and gunners. Engraving from Utriusque cosmi... historia by Robert Fludd (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

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