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29th June 2009, 03:14 PM
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Very good question!
 Basically, the lower (in my opinion slightly earlier) one seems to have no foresight yet. I agree with you that these differences are very minor and more or less academic. All in all we may attribute a probable dating range of "ca. 1480-1500" to both of them, including the Vienna sample, with a higher probablity towards 1500 for all. In contrast, the Copenhagen piece clearly features an older barrel with shifted planes in the rear section and a pronouncedly swamped muzzle head (ca. 1470-80) that has been restocked in what is most probably the second decade of the 16th century. Michael |
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29th June 2009, 07:27 PM
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