button lock from Gennadievskaya Bible

Spiridonov · 5th December 2016, 07:11 PM

It's possible image of button lock from Gennadievskaya Bible (Геннадьевская Библия) written in 1499 year in Russia. It's well known fact that button lock was very common in Russia. It's possible that this picture is one of the earliest image of buttonlock

Marcus den toom · 5th December 2016, 07:18 PM

Briliant picture, but i do not see a button mechanism?
It looks like a left handed powderpan with serpentine.

Andi · 5th December 2016, 07:57 PM

Whow. Do you have a more precise source where this image is from? Unfortunately I only found websites in Kyrillic which is very hard for me to understand.

Also very interesting is the powder horn as there are not many depiction from the 15th century.

Andi · 5th December 2016, 08:01 PM

Ah I just found the Russian Wikipedia article of the work:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93...BB%D0%B8%D1%8F

and the English article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennady%27s_Bible

Spiridonov · 6th December 2016, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marcus den toom

Briliant picture, but i do not see a button mechanism?
It looks like a left handed powderpan with serpentine.

I am not absolutely sure that this lock is a button lock. That is why I've wrote "possibly". But it looks like serpentines on button locks. Maybe I'm wrong

Pukka Bundook · 6th December 2016, 02:53 PM

Spiridonov,

The way the gun is being held, and the position of the firing hand, very strongly suggest a snap-lock fired by means of the button on the lock plate.

This May be one of the very earliest depictions of such a lock as you suggest!
I do believe this is the case. Very interesting!!

5th December 2016, 07:11 PM	#1
Spiridonov Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Russia, Leningrad Posts: 355	button lock from Gennadievskaya Bible It's possible image of button lock from Gennadievskaya Bible (Геннадьевская Библия) written in 1499 year in Russia. It's well known fact that button lock was very common in Russia. It's possible that this picture is one of the earliest image of buttonlock Attached Images

5th December 2016, 07:18 PM	#2
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 525	Briliant picture, but i do not see a button mechanism? It looks like a left handed powderpan with serpentine. Attached Images

5th December 2016, 07:57 PM	#3
Andi Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halstenbek, Germany Posts: 203	Whow. Do you have a more precise source where this image is from? Unfortunately I only found websites in Kyrillic which is very hard for me to understand. Also very interesting is the powder horn as there are not many depiction from the 15th century.

5th December 2016, 08:01 PM	#4
Andi Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halstenbek, Germany Posts: 203	Ah I just found the Russian Wikipedia article of the work: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93...BB%D0%B8%D1%8F and the English article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennady%27s_Bible

6th December 2016, 02:53 PM	#6
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Spiridonov, The way the gun is being held, and the position of the firing hand, very strongly suggest a snap-lock fired by means of the button on the lock plate. This May be one of the very earliest depictions of such a lock as you suggest! I do believe this is the case. Very interesting!!