Francesco di Giorgio Martini's sketchbook

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I should have said, there's no illustrated Vegetius at least that I I can find...

Well, I have an illustrated Vegetius to show. South German, no less.

Des durchleichtigen wolgebornen Grauen Flauii Vegecii Renati kurcze Red von der Ritterschafft (1470)

Here is an example woodcut.



Take a look at the screw-like nature of the water falling between the pipes:



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Vegetius, Taccola, and di Giorgio Martini are now, in my opinion, central to the study of the VMS.

The full book containing that page (pg 185) is on LOC too:

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