Besançon - BM - ms. 1360, f. 010. Konrad Kyeser, Bellifortis. German, 1st half of the 15th century.
Ribaudequin: A piece of heavy medieval artillery consisting of a number of cannon on a wheeled armed platform. Also applied to a type of powerful crossbow on a wheeled carriage, or fixed to the wall of a fort. [OED]
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