{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Springald - Newikis","description":"A springald, or espringal, was a torsion siege engine device for throwing bolts in medieval times. It is depicted in a diagram in an 11th-century Byzantine manuscript, but in Western Europe is more evident in the late 12th century and early 13th century. It was constructed on the same principles as…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Valturio_Springald.PNG","thumbnail_width":870,"thumbnail_height":1200}