File:Mâchicoulis.coupe.Le Puy en Velay.png

...La coupe transversale, faite sur a b (2) indique en A la grande salle des États ; en B, les contre-forts. On voit comment sont disposés les mâchicoulis, dont le crénelage C est porté sur des arcs reposant sur des encorbellements. Un parapet D garantissait les défenseurs contre les traits lancés du dehors. Les meurtrières sont percées dans les ventrières des créneaux et non dans les merlons, ainsi que l’indique le plan et la coupe....

DescriptionMâchicoulis.coupe.Le Puy en Velay.png	Français : Illustration 2 de l'article Mâchicoulis - bâtiment des Mâchicoulis au Puy-en-Velay, ensemble cathédral
Date	1863
Source	File:Viollet-le-Duc - Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, 1854-1868, tome 6.djvu
Author	Pegard
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This image comes from Dictionary of French Architecture from 11th to 16th Century (1856) by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879).

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