- 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?
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- 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