Late 15th c. Bronze Barrel Tiller Arquebuses in the Radziwill Chronicle

Matchlock · 14th December 2011, 08:46 PM

The Radziwill Chronicle is remarkable for being a 15th c. copy of a 13th c. original, so older types of arms and armor got mixed up with such of second half 15th c. characteristics. Unfortunately, only very few good resolution images from that chronicle are online.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radziwi...5%82_Chronicle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_family

Best,
Michael

Marcus den toom · 19th November 2015, 01:37 PM

After digging up this post from Michl i began to search for the manuscript and found it with alot more interesting illustrations.

Marcus den toom · 26th November 2015, 06:29 PM

After more than a week and over 200 new thread views i am surprised to see not even a single person commenting?

Andi · 26th November 2015, 08:09 PM

Hello Marcus!
Sorry - there are some thoughts I should have already posted. I was not able yet to view the complete manuscript in detail.

Some of the bronze objects are depicted more than a trumpet like instrument, some are looking like breath operated fire throwers and some like tiller guns. But most of the images are really allowing a secure interpretation. For me it seems they bear a certain portion of phantasy.

The original Radzivill Chronicals are dating back to the 13th Century and describing the history of the Kiev Rus from the 9th to 13th Century, being a bit early for real firearms / guns. This copy of the Radziwill Chronicles dates to the 15th century and maybe misinterpreting parts of the images of the elder manuscript - in view of the relatively modern fireams in the 15th century? Or may be illustrating some fantastic objects in order to glorify the history of the Rus.
This are only some ideas - but please remind that I do not 100% know the background and content of the Radziwill chronicles.

Marcus den toom · 26th November 2015, 08:37 PM

Hi Andi,

That is what i thought as wel at first, but than i began to see these trumpets in the illustrations...

Does anyone know if the other weapons and armour used in these pictures is that of 15th century Russian design? This would mean they redid the whole manuscript and only based the illustrations setup on those in the 13th century original.

Some other illustrations as well of crossbows and another cannon

Andi · 26th November 2015, 08:56 PM

According to me the clothing, the armour and arms of the depicted persons and also the style of the images perfectly match into the 13th century. Except the mi-parti clothing of the man with the trumpet in the fist image of post #5 looks really 15th century style. He is not matching to the other images. But it seems that the 15th century illustrator perfectly copied the original manuscript.

14th December 2011, 08:46 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Late 15th c. Bronze Barrel Tiller Arquebuses in the Radziwill Chronicle The Radziwill Chronicle is remarkable for being a 15th c. copy of a 13th c. original, so older types of arms and armor got mixed up with such of second half 15th c. characteristics. Unfortunately, only very few good resolution images from that chronicle are online. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radziwi...5%82_Chronicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_family Best, Michael Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 14th December 2011 at 11:04 PM.

19th November 2015, 01:37 PM	#2
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 525	After digging up this post from Michl i began to search for the manuscript and found it with alot more interesting illustrations. Attached Images

26th November 2015, 06:29 PM	#3
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 525	After more than a week and over 200 new thread views i am surprised to see not even a single person commenting?

26th November 2015, 08:09 PM	#4
Andi Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halstenbek, Germany Posts: 203	Hello Marcus! Sorry - there are some thoughts I should have already posted. I was not able yet to view the complete manuscript in detail. Some of the bronze objects are depicted more than a trumpet like instrument, some are looking like breath operated fire throwers and some like tiller guns. But most of the images are really allowing a secure interpretation. For me it seems they bear a certain portion of phantasy. The original Radzivill Chronicals are dating back to the 13th Century and describing the history of the Kiev Rus from the 9th to 13th Century, being a bit early for real firearms / guns. This copy of the Radziwill Chronicles dates to the 15th century and maybe misinterpreting parts of the images of the elder manuscript - in view of the relatively modern fireams in the 15th century? Or may be illustrating some fantastic objects in order to glorify the history of the Rus. This are only some ideas - but please remind that I do not 100% know the background and content of the Radziwill chronicles.

26th November 2015, 08:37 PM	#5
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 525	Hi Andi, That is what i thought as wel at first, but than i began to see these trumpets in the illustrations... Does anyone know if the other weapons and armour used in these pictures is that of 15th century Russian design? This would mean they redid the whole manuscript and only based the illustrations setup on those in the 13th century original. Some other illustrations as well of crossbows and another cannon Attached Images

26th November 2015, 08:56 PM	#6
Andi Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halstenbek, Germany Posts: 203	According to me the clothing, the armour and arms of the depicted persons and also the style of the images perfectly match into the 13th century. Except the mi-parti clothing of the man with the trumpet in the fist image of post #5 looks really 15th century style. He is not matching to the other images. But it seems that the 15th century illustrator perfectly copied the original manuscript.