Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Re: The oldest known handgun in existence, ca. 1400-10

Matchlock · 19th May 2014, 12:53 PM

The first dated 1410, Cod.vind. 34;

the second, a watercolor, dated 1411, in a Kriegsbuch (book on war techinques), Cod.vind. 3039, fol. 38v, also representing the earliest known illustration of a bullet mold;

a third illustration, from the same illuminated manuscript of 1411, fol. 11r, for the first time depicts the use of superimposed loads!

Best,
Michael

19th May 2014, 12:53 PM	#73
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	The World's Oldest Illustrations of 1410 and 1411, Exactly Depicting MY ARQUEBUS!!! The first dated 1410, Cod.vind. 34; the second, a watercolor, dated 1411, in a Kriegsbuch (book on war techinques), Cod.vind. 3039, fol. 38v, also representing the earliest known illustration of a bullet mold; a third illustration, from the same illuminated manuscript of 1411, fol. 11r, for the first time depicts the use of superimposed loads! Best, Michael Attached Images