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15th March 2012, 12:22 PM
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Romanic and Early to High Gothic Bows and Crossbows in Period Artwork
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- 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 Last edited by Matchlock; 15th March 2012 at 12:55 PM. |
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15th March 2012, 01:16 PM
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On the cycle of illustrations goes ...
- a very early South Italian illustration of 1196, from the cod. 120, Burgerbibliothek Berne/Switzerland (two scans) - ca. 1225 (left) and ca. 1300 (right) - a stone relief from the 12th century - crossbows from various miniatures in the Luttrell Psalter, ca. 1330, British Library (5 scans) - English bows vs. crossbows, ca. 1255, from the Historia Anglorum, by Matthew Paris. To be continued. |
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15th March 2012, 01:49 PM
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- A humble self portrait of Matthew Paris in his Historia Anglorum, ca. 1255 (see three last scans in my previous post)http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/images/icons/icon7.gif
- Crossbows and their early accouterments, spanning belt and quiver, from the Flanders (Bruges?) manuscript The Romance of Alexander, ca. 1340 (5 scans) - Crossbows, 1308-13 (perhaps can some member please translate the Cyrillic script?  )- 14th c. Belgian crossbows from one of the many versions of the tale on Lancelot du Lac, Province of Hainaut - ca. 1400 - 14th century - spanning a High Gothic (ca. 1340) so-called one-foot crossbow both kneeling and standing up, the illustration on the right from the Luttrell ms., cf. my post above Best, Michael |
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15th March 2012, 03:09 PM
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15th March 2012, 03:22 PM
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Oh 'Nando,
Now I remember where I stole it from!   Best, Michl |
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19th March 2012, 06:37 PM
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Stone Relief, End of 15th. c., in Linköping Cathedral, Sweden
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20th March 2012, 12:14 PM
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This crossbow, ca. 1470, was sold at Fischer, Lucerne, 25 November 1964, and then again in 2011 from the Klingbeil collection.
The spanning belt is a reconstruction. Best, Michael |
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20th March 2012, 12:19 PM
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The spanning belt replica; in order to get an actually working construction, the leather belt would have to be much more robust than this, built of various intertwined layers.
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20th March 2012, 12:35 PM
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A quiver for crossbow bolts and another for arrows, also from the Klingbeil collection; both were offered as 19th c. reproductions. Both items wore an inventory label from the Cuturhistorische Ausstellung Steyr, Austria, which is known to have taken place in 1884. 332 Objects said to have come from the Steyr museum were presented there.
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