File:Hand-siphon for Greek fire, medieval illumination.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionHand-siphon for Greek fire, medieval illumination.jpg |
Deutsch: Einsatz eines Handsiphones, eines tragbaren Flammenwerfers, von einem Belagerungsturm mit Enterbrücke gegen die Verteidiger auf den Mauern. Mittelalterliche Darstellung aus dem Manuskript Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1605.
Die Bildüberschrift lautet: "Und wenn dann noch Einzelne auf der Brücke aus feuerwerfenden Handrohren den Feinden mit Feuer ins Gesicht schiessen, so werden sie die Verteidiger der Mauer so einschüchtern, daß sie baldigst ihren Platz räumen, wie auf dem Bild ersichtlich." English: Use of a hand-siphon, a portable flame-thrower, from a siege tower equipped with a boarding bridge against the defenders on the walls. Medieval illumination in the manuscript Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1605. |
Date | 9th or 11th century AD |
Source | Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1605 (taken from Pászthory, p. 31) |
Author | Unknown authorUnknown author |
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[edit]Emmerich Pászthory: "Über das 'Griechische Feuer'. Die Analyse eines spätantiken Waffensystems", Antike Welt, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1986), pp. 27–38
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