Some Illustrations of Ancient Siege Machines

[Nathan Ross]

Most copying was done by monastic people that have no idea what they are copying.

I've often wondered why monks did this. What was there in the life of a monk that might require the laborious and rather faulty copying of a book about siege engines?

Meanwhile, the illustrations are great. The one on the blog page looks to be the famous Helepolis, with some bungled attempt at a winch mechanism in the chassis, and even a sort of extendable claw of some sort...