Late Gothic Crossbows and Accouterments

Matchlock · 15th March 2012, 12:22 PM

From top to bottom:

- Spain or Portugal, Romanic, 12th. c.

- Line drawing of an early Gothic German crossbow, 13th c., by Egon Harmuth

- Another, of a Late Gothic German crossbow, 15th c., and of a Renaissance type of 1the 16th c., by the same author

- ca. 1230, from the Maciejowski (or Morgan) Bible, 4 scans

- ca. 1326/7, from the famous de Milemete or Christ Church ms, Oxford

- ca. 1350-55, illustrations of a crossbow and a quiver, Haguenau, France

- ca. 1230, a very rare illustration of a trap war crossbow, by Villard de Honnecourt, ms. fr. 19093, Bibliothèque Nationale Paris

For more on trap crossbows please see

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15016

More to come.

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15th March 2012, 12:22 PM	#11
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Romanic and Early to High Gothic Bows and Crossbows in Period Artwork From top to bottom: - Spain or Portugal, Romanic, 12th. c. - Line drawing of an early Gothic German crossbow, 13th c., by Egon Harmuth - Another, of a Late Gothic German crossbow, 15th c., and of a Renaissance type of 1the 16th c., by the same author - ca. 1230, from the Maciejowski (or Morgan) Bible, 4 scans - ca. 1326/7, from the famous de Milemete or Christ Church ms, Oxford - ca. 1350-55, illustrations of a crossbow and a quiver, Haguenau, France - ca. 1230, a very rare illustration of a trap war crossbow, by Villard de Honnecourt, ms. fr. 19093, Bibliothèque Nationale Paris For more on trap crossbows please see http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15016 More to come. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 15th March 2012 at 12:55 PM.