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Old 20th April 2012, 05:46 PM   #1
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A late-Gothic crossbow, ca. 1470, with composite horn bow, together with what seems to be one of the finest contemporary cranequins in existence; in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.

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Default A Remarkable Site on Crossbows and Accouterments!

http://www.google.de/imgres?q=craneq...:13,s:47,i:203

Unfortunately, no references to the respective museums are given ...

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That one is in Paris Michael!
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I have the one that belonged to Wlrich of Würtemberg in one of my books but, unfortunately, no provenance is mentioned .
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Default Arming the crossbow

Another one without any mention .
Can you date it, Michl ?

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Another one without any mention .
Can you date it, Michl ?

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Not any closer than 1st half 16th c.

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Old 21st April 2012, 05:13 PM   #7
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The crossbow shown in post 123, with cranequin and arrow is from Paris.
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That one is in Paris Michael!

The one in which post?

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A late-Gothic crossbow, ca. 1470, with composite horn bow, together with what seems to be one of the finest contemporary cranequins in existence; in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.

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Do you think that the crossbows in posts no. 121 and 122 are identical? I realize it's highly probable but the dimensions of both the tiller(s) and the cranequin(s) seem to differ ... maybe due to the different angles the photos were taken ...

What do you think, Micke?

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Two Late-Gothic quivers in the Vienna Arms Collection (Wiener Waffensammlung); the first of leather, of very slender shape and retaining its rare lid cover;
the second of wood covered with boar skin (the bristles now missing), the fletches painted read and green, the basic Late-Gothic colors, denoting their provenance: Schloss Ambras.
Photos from flickr.

Attached are two quarrels with painted fletchings from Schloss Ambras, and a view of the Vienna armor hall.


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