Talk:Basilic (cannon)

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I'm not a regular Wikipedia editor, so I don't know if this stands up to the requirements for official sources, but the following article gives a fairly detailed account of this cannon's short existence: http://www.historynet.com/the-guns-of-constantinople.htm 24.69.201.248 (talk) 09:47, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

"Saruca Usta" and "Muslihiddin Usta"

The 2 Turkish names are not mentioned in any of the sources referenced in the article. They received red links, but "Saruca Usta" and architect "Muslihiddin Usta" are not showing up much independently from this article. I removed them until refs are offered. Arminden (talk) 21:28, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Basilica or Basilic?

It's supposed to mean 'royal' in Greek, so I guess it must be an adjective form for "of the basileus". Otherwise good sources are split between both forms, so we need an even more competent academic one referring directly to the original 15th-c. source(s), Greek or otherwise (some defenders were Italian or of other nationality), to see what lays behind it. A Greek scholar could be helpful. Arminden (talk) 21:34, 5 May 2025 (UTC)