Bows, Crossbows and Arrows 1200-1500 in The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

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Left ca. 1225 (Sachsenspiegel), right ca. 1300 (Codex Manesse).

Best,
Michael

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Italian, mid-15th century.

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Italy, ca. 1450.

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Italy, ca. 1460.

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Italy, ca. 1470.

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Wonderful Late Gothic frescoes, dated 1484, in the pilgrimage church of Obermauern, Virgen, The Tyrol.

Below, please see a detail of the date 1484 in Gothic numerals.

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Munich, ca. 1475; now preserved in the Wallraff-Richartz-Museum Cologne (Köln).

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To be continued, Gentlemen,

Please be patient: scanning, saving and reducing the images in size sure takes some time for an old man ... :eek:

Best as always,
m

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Church of St. Lorenz, Nürnberg, um 1480.

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Church of St. Lorenz, Nürnberg, St. Rochus Altar, 1483-4.

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Altar of the Church of Schmidham near Weyarn, Bavaria, dated 1491.

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Vilsbiburg, Bavaria, fresco, dated 1456 (please note the shape of the Gothic numerals!).

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More details of the Vilsbiburg fresco of 1456.

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Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, St. Sebastian Chapel, 1474.

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Segovia, Alcázar, ca. 1540 - the last Gothic Cathedral to be built in Spain.

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Köln (Cologne), altar, 1493-94.

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Ca. 1480, preserved in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg.

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Freiburg, Germany, Cathedral, ca. 1480.

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Freiburg, Germany, Augustinermuseum, ca. 1515.

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Bukarest, Romania, Army Museum, ca. 1500.

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Dinkelsbühl, Germany, Cathedral St. Georg, ca. 1520.

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Geislingen an der Steige, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelic Church, Altar of 1528.

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Halberstadt, Germany, St. Stephanus Cathedral, 1510.

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Drawing by the so called German Hausbuchmeister, ca. 1480.

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Italy, ca. 1500.

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Italy, ca. 1510.

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Moosburg, Bavaria, Church St. Kastulus, ca. 1510.

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Mergentheim, Franconia, St. Johannes Cathedral, ca. 1480.

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Lower Bavaria, ca. 1520.