Post by teophrastusbombastus on Mar 12, 2023 23:08:37 GMT
LIVRO DAS FORTALEZAS SITUADAS NO EXTREMO DE PORTUGAL E CASTELA POR DUARTE DE ARMAS, ESCUDEIRO DA CASA DO REI D. MANUEL I
Book of the fortresses sited on the extreme of Portugal and Castilla by Duarte de Armas, squire of the house of king D. Manuel I
digitarq.arquivos.pt/details?id=3909707
Click below "DIGITAL REPRESENTATION" (almost) top right.
The above link does not include all the book.
purl.pt/24908/4/il-192_PDF/il-192_PDF_24-C-R0150/il-192_0000_capa-capa_t24-C-R0150.pdf
This PDF (36.6 Mb) is more complete, with most or all the castles, although it does not include the plan views.
A few of the plan views can be seen in the Wikipedia article:
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livro_das_Fortalezas
Below the link for the 36.6 Mb there is a link for a 1.1 Gb version.
That one may be complete, if it exists at all, and can be downloaded before the world's end...
purl.pt/24908
The drawings were commissioned by king D. Manuel I and performed in 1509 - 1510.
Fifty six border castles are represented plus an additional castle and a palace.
With a few exceptions each castle is represented by two side views and a plan view.
Actually I just read in the Wikipedia article that there are two volumes.
A contains the side views and B the plan views.
So, the 36.6 Mb PDF is of volume A only.
Book of the fortresses sited on the extreme of Portugal and Castilla by Duarte de Armas, squire of the house of king D. Manuel I
digitarq.arquivos.pt/details?id=3909707
Click below "DIGITAL REPRESENTATION" (almost) top right.
The above link does not include all the book.
purl.pt/24908/4/il-192_PDF/il-192_PDF_24-C-R0150/il-192_0000_capa-capa_t24-C-R0150.pdf
This PDF (36.6 Mb) is more complete, with most or all the castles, although it does not include the plan views.
A few of the plan views can be seen in the Wikipedia article:
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livro_das_Fortalezas
Below the link for the 36.6 Mb there is a link for a 1.1 Gb version.
That one may be complete, if it exists at all, and can be downloaded before the world's end...
purl.pt/24908
The drawings were commissioned by king D. Manuel I and performed in 1509 - 1510.
Fifty six border castles are represented plus an additional castle and a palace.
With a few exceptions each castle is represented by two side views and a plan view.
Actually I just read in the Wikipedia article that there are two volumes.
A contains the side views and B the plan views.
So, the 36.6 Mb PDF is of volume A only.