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Old 22nd February 2012, 03:22 PM   #86
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Default A Late Gothic Crossbow, ca. 1460-70, in the Museum of Morges, Switzerland

The cranequin mounted is about contemporary; the one displayed on the right is notably shorter and can be dated to ca. 1500, the belt hook is missing. The sporting crossbow seems to be German, ca. 1600-1650.

Please note the b/w illustration of a cross section of a Late Gothic composite horn bow. I posted such remarkable coss sections of horn bows preserved in the Swiss collections of Lucerne and Zürich here before.

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Michael
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