Battering Rams from De re militari (Concerning Military Matters), Plate 45 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
1472 · Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper
Sheet: 31 × 22.3 cm (12 1/4 × 8 13/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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