|
5th June 2012, 07:52 PM
|
#7 |
|
(deceased)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
|
Original 16th to 17th c. matchcord
From my collection.
The first photo presents a length of characteristically thick Austrian matchcord, 15th or early 16th century, diameter ca. 1.7 cm; the other pieces and bundles of match with an average diameter of ca. 1.2 to 1.5 mm. Attached at the bottom, in a detail of the representation of the Battle of Pavia, 1525, we see a length of matchcord carried wound around the arquebusier's left arm; as the cord is noticeably way too thick to fit the delicate jaws of match of the serpentine it was only used to light a small piece of tinder that actually ignited the arquebus. m Last edited by Matchlock; 5th June 2012 at 08:24 PM. |
|
|
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Threaded Mode