upennmanuscripts:

Ms. Codex 888 –  Exercitio militari usata nella militia Allemane dal regemento de guardia nell Real pallaz[z]o de Genua

This manuscript is a treatise on military fortifications and military exercises. It features numerous diagrams, including problems in geometry as applied to fortifications and defense. There are even 13 folded leaves bound in it! It was possibly written in Genoa in 1639, mainly in German.

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