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Excerpt from Indice Generale Alfabetico Delle Materie del Dizionario di Erudizione Storico-Ecclesiastica, Vol. 6
Saracinesca, porta di tavoloni o cancelli di travi insieme congiunte, collocata sulla porta delle fortezze, esostennta da corde e catene avvolte ad un cilindro, in modo che questo svolto o tagliato le corde, venga a cadere con impeto a basso chindaf aifatto l'entrata della porta. E assai anteriore ai saraceni, e perci� non prese da essi il nome, come pretendono alcuni. 54. 51, 51, 162 10, 196 13, 249 - 58, 15 77, 252, 281 89, 214 - 100, 101. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
