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Late Gothic Crossbows and Accouterments
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18th June 2012, 06:33 PM
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Another of the extremely rare instances in period artwork where a spanning belt and hook are illustrated; this, from a Swabian painting of ca. 1430-40, Bavarian National Museum (BNM), inv.no. MA 3395, is probably the earliest!
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