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Fol. 22: A mobile tower shield with a platform at the top for the soldiers to see the castle over the walls. Five cannon are placed at the top; the bridge can be propelled by means of cables on either side.

Inscriptions in Hebrew and Yiddish: 

On top of the bridge:

כאן יעמדו אנשים ויראו מה שיעשהו בהמבצר.

To its right:

דיזר גרוש בלקן זול האל זיין און זול שטיל שטין דש מן דען שירים דרין זול אוף און נידר ציהין.

To its left:

דיזר בלקן זול שטיל שטין דש מן דען שירים דרין זול אוף און נידיר ציהין.

Below the cannon:

כאן ישבו אנשים און זולן וורטין מיט גשוייץ אוף די מנין די מן אוף ציט מיט דען זיילן דש זיי מוייגין זין ווש מן אין דער ועשט דוט.

Below the wheels:

מיט דיזים זייל זול מן דען שירים אוף ציהן/ מיט דיזים זייל זול מן דען שירים מיט דען לויידן אוף ציהן און די זייל זויילן דורך דש בינין גין.

See: Göttingen, NSUB 20 Cod. Ms. philos. 63, fol. 49 (Quarg 1967).

 

 

Göttingen, NSUB 20 Cod. Ms. philos. 63, fol. 49

(Quarg 1967)

 

 

Name/Title
The Yiddish Bellifortis | Unknown
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Fol. 22
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Last quarter of the 15th century
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Germany | Munich | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB)
| Cod. hebr. 235 (Steinschneider 1895, No. 235)
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Paper, brown ink, yellow wood, blue iron, red fire

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