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7th December 2008, 01:53 PM
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Probably the earliest Gothic crossbow in existence, ca. 1350
Preserved at the City museum of Cologne, Germany.
In the first picture, the bow is of course inversed; this had been corrected by the time the second picture was taken. The open curve of the composite bow is due to not having had a string attached for hundreds of years. The detached bow of a huge wall crossbow also at the Cologne museum. Michael |
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15th February 2009, 08:54 PM
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Very rare 500 year old quivers for crossbow bolts/quarrels
The wooden core is covered with pig skin, the mouth of the quiver is leather covered, the original leather lid is now missing on almost all surviving samples.
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15th February 2009, 08:55 PM
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One more detail.
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25th February 2009, 06:42 PM
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How Curved grooves for Wooden or Leather Fletches Were Cut Into Gothic Quarrel Hafts
Two line drawings, after 1505, from Martin Löffelholz's Nuremberg scrapbook started in 1505. They picture devices to cut slightly curved grooves into cossbow quarrel hafts for insetting wooden or leather flights/fletches to give them a more accurate ballistic spin as they went.
500 year old machine based mass production. Michael |
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18th March 2009, 09:38 PM
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At the Met, N.Y.
The first dated 1460, made for Duke Ulrich V of Württemberg, Southern Germany.
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18th March 2009, 09:40 PM
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The rest.
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31st July 2009, 05:47 PM
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A fine Late Gothic crossbow, 1st half 15th century, and two fine 15th century century quivers, all from the former armory of Schloss Hohenaschau, Upper Bavaria, now preserved at the Bavarian National Museum Munich.
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1st December 2012, 10:06 PM
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2nd December 2012, 10:02 PM
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18th January 2013, 02:16 PM
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Hello together!
It has been a while since I posted the last time! I have been to Nuremberg and I took the promised pictures of the crossbows exposed in the "Germanisches Nationalmuseum". The first crossbow was made in about 1475. The bow seems to be strong (500kg of drawweight is possible). Therefore I was quite astonished that the trigger is so short, even though the lock is a one-axle lock mechanism. How is it possible to pull the trigger without much effort? It must be much easyer to pull the long trigger of a 14th or early 15th century crossbow with a weaker prod, so were the crossbowmakers during the late 15th century able to construct more efficient one axle-lock mechanisms than before? The second late 15th century crossbow is the one with the obsolete stong reflex horn and sinew prod and the weird trigger. I have had an exact look at it and it seems to me that the bow and the trigger were not originaly attached to the stock. The prod seems to be to broad for the stock and the belly is too round to fit exactelly. A bow with theses dimensions must have a draw weight of much more than 500kgs, but the stock seems to be very thin and fragile (much thinner than the stock of the first crossbow). The stock has several quite dark horn inlays that look simular to the inlays shown in "Die Hornbogenarmbrust" (Abb. 91). The only inlay with a different colour is on the lower side where the unusual trigger is located. I have the impression that the original horn inlay was removed in order to fit in the seccond trigger. What do you think? Best wishes, David |
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18th January 2013, 02:44 PM
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I´m sorry... something with reducing the sice of the pictures didn´t work! I will post the pictures as soon as I have a soluion!
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18th January 2013, 05:39 PM
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20th January 2013, 11:34 AM
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20th January 2013, 11:36 AM
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more pictures...
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20th January 2013, 11:41 AM
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20th January 2013, 11:46 AM
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Thanks for your offer Fernando!
I have installed a suitable program, so I was able to reduce the sice of the pictures by myself! But I can send you some of the unreduced pictures if you want! The problem is that I can only send five pictures with one email! best wishes, David |
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20th January 2013, 01:07 PM
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Great pictures, David.
No need to email them to me. Appreciating these ones is quite satisfactory 
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