Saint Sebastian's martyrdom a la Portuguese

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A first half XVI century painting by Gregório Lopes.
Provenant from the Templar charola of the Convent of Tomar, presently at the Nationl Museum of Antique Arts in Lisbon.
This is a detail of the painting, how it comes in the book "Eight centuries of hunting in Portugal", to emphasize the long bow, the sword and the crossbow.

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Well done, 'Nando,

Thank you! What wonderful weapons the Portuguese had ...

The crossbow is clearly influenced by the mid-15th c. Italo-Spanish style, with a very delicate long tiller and and small indented steel bow. Also the quite developed form of the sword hilt is remarkable.

I attach scans of a ca. 1450 Italian painting depicting similar bows and crossbows.

Best,
Michl

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Thank you Michl,
Poor Sebastian; those guys shoot at such a short range !
Here, i found the whole painting in the Web.
... more weapons and ...do i see a displeasing soldier holding a halberd in the inverted position?

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Oh yeah,

This insubordinate guy seems to be scraping the earth with his halberd - it may have been his last deed before his beheading ...

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Hi 'Nando,

Please allow these to be 'stolen' and reposted in my new thread

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12849

Thanks, friend,
Michl

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By all means, Miguel
Be my guest

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I was humbly hoping for your kindest allowance, my dearest friend Sir!

Thanks as much as always,
Michl