20th July 2014, 12:48 AM
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(deceased)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
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On top:
Two good close-ups of the notably swamped muzzle section of the round wrought iron barrel;
Following:
Three contemporary sources of illustration;
- ca. 1450;
- Eberhard Windeck, Das Buch von Kaiser Sigismund (illuminated manuscript, Sotheby's, 7.7.2009;
cf.
http://www.handschriftencensus.de/9134),
folio 140r, The battle of Kratzau, with Hans von Polenz (the captain of the Silesian army) and his forces overwhelming those of the Hussites and their armored carriages in a bloody battle (11 November 1429);
illustrations from the workshop of Diebold Lauber,
ca. 1445-50;
and
- Tiller guns, ca. 1450; from:
Martial d'Auvergne, Vigiles de Charles VII, king 1422-61.
Please also see my threads:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=montjuic
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18781
Last edited by Matchlock; 20th July 2014 at 01:41 AM.
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