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Yet another castle diagram (they never get old, tbh) (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

make a huge, double-page drawing to teach children everything about castles.

Go so far as to draw the holes for hoardings, wooden stairs on the inside, a raised bailey entrance and even accurately showing how a slope of a mote would be dug.

Only 4 things highlighted in the key.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

My recollection of these books is you’d have a few pages of this castle, with cutaways.

The 4 things highlighted here would have had a blurb and explanation of importance.

Chances are the next page would be the same castle with some cutaways and more key / description.

These books ruled