XIR177535 Diagram of a method of supplying water, illustration from \'De Machinis\' (pen and ink and w/c on paper) by Mariano di Jacopo (detto il Taccola) (1382-c.1453) (after); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy; (add.info.: Mariano Taccola: Italian artist and engineer of the early Renaissance; best known for his treatises \'De Ingeneis\' & \'De Machinis\'; wide range of innovative machines and engines; The manuscript in Venice is a contemporary 15th century copy of the original manuscripts in Munich and Florence;); Italian, out of copyright.