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Matchlock · 29th June 2009, 06:37 PM

... at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

The barrel is almost identical to the one dated 1516 posted above, and this is why I have suggested to date this arquebus to ca. 1515 instead of the traditional dating 'ca. 1500' given by Leonid Tarrassuk.

Further attached is a an illumination from the Theuerdank (ca. 1516, completed in 1518)) of the Emperor Maximilian I aiming an almost identical brass barrel arquebus, with the exception that the snap tinder serpentine acts forward.

Michael

29th June 2009, 06:37 PM	#6
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Short Nuremberg Snap Tinderlock Landsknecht Arquebus, ca. 1515 ... at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. The barrel is almost identical to the one dated 1516 posted above, and this is why I have suggested to date this arquebus to ca. 1515 instead of the traditional dating 'ca. 1500' given by Leonid Tarrassuk. Further attached is a an illumination from the Theuerdank (ca. 1516, completed in 1518)) of the Emperor Maximilian I aiming an almost identical brass barrel arquebus, with the exception that the snap tinder serpentine acts forward. Michael Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 30th June 2009 at 05:54 PM.