Thread: 1481 - the world's earliest dated handgun
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Old 19th May 2010, 06:00 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by Spiridonov
Was the paint made of minium or cinnabar on you arquebese? It was mixed by linen oil or eggs?

It is minium (red lead), as I stated; nothing is known about the mixture.

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