Crossbows, a Spanning Belt and a Cranequin, Munich, ca. 1475
One of the many depictions of the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, in the Wallraff-Richartz-Museum Köln/Cologne.
Please note that the obsolete spanning belt is still in use, side by side with the 'new' spanning device, the cranequin.
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Last edited by Matchlock; 2nd April 2012 at 01:19 PM.
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