After having shown in the previous plate the means by which the large blocks were lifted in the construction of the magnificent Tomb of Caecilia Metella, etc., I speculated about the use of the liftin Instrument called the Ulivella, rediscovered by Brunelleschi....the Forsice of Vitruvius..., tome 3, tavola 54 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian
Publisher Angelo Rotili Italian

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