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Old 25th June 2012, 08:50 PM   #27
Matchlock
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Another very early depiction of an igniting iron;
from Johann Hartlieb's Kriegsbuch, 1411, Cod.vind. 3069, Austrian National Library Vienna, fol. 40r.

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