Late Gothic Crossbows and Accouterments

Matchlock · 28th April 2012, 04:52 PM

The only other period illustration, apart from the Wolfegg Hausbuch, I have come across depicting a crossbow stored away in its quiver, 2nd half 15th c.

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Matchlock · 28th April 2012, 05:24 PM

Two more colored drawings from the Wolfegg Hausbuch, ca. 1480, of crossbows on horseback, the one on the left in the first picture stored away in its quiver.

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Matchlock · 28th April 2012, 05:59 PM

It is only with some reluctance that I post this as it was obviously redrawn in 1898 after an early-16th c. original depiction which is not verified. So we do not know how exact the drawing actually is.

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Matchlock · 28th April 2012, 06:40 PM

Finally two characteristic illustrations from Hans Talhoffer's Fencing Books, vol. 2, dated 1459, fol. 194 and 195.

Please note that, like in most period artwork on 'military' crossbows and guns, the tiller is depicted undyed and unvarnished - the cheapest variant.

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Matchlock · 29th April 2012, 06:36 PM

Gothic crossbows and accouterments in the Landesmuseum Zürich, from the 1928 catalog by Gessler.

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Matchlock · 30th April 2012, 06:25 PM

A woodcut of a crossbow man, with the cranequin mounted and ready for spanning the bow; by Urs Graf, from a book printed in 1513.

An Albanian quiver for arrows, from the 1533 chronicle on the Prince of Scanderberg.

And a miniature bordure of quiver, from a codex of ca. 1520, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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28th April 2012, 04:52 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	The only other period illustration, apart from the Wolfegg Hausbuch, I have come across depicting a crossbow stored away in its quiver, 2nd half 15th c. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 28th April 2012 at 05:29 PM.

28th April 2012, 05:24 PM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Two more colored drawings from the Wolfegg Hausbuch, ca. 1480, of crossbows on horseback, the one on the left in the first picture stored away in its quiver. m Attached Images

28th April 2012, 05:59 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	It is only with some reluctance that I post this as it was obviously redrawn in 1898 after an early-16th c. original depiction which is not verified. So we do not know how exact the drawing actually is. m Attached Images

28th April 2012, 06:40 PM	#4
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Finally two characteristic illustrations from Hans Talhoffer's Fencing Books, vol. 2, dated 1459, fol. 194 and 195. Please note that, like in most period artwork on 'military' crossbows and guns, the tiller is depicted undyed and unvarnished - the cheapest variant. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 28th April 2012 at 07:28 PM.

29th April 2012, 06:36 PM	#5
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Gothic crossbows and accouterments in the Landesmuseum Zürich, from the 1928 catalog by Gessler. m Attached Images

30th April 2012, 06:25 PM	#6
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A woodcut of a crossbow man, with the cranequin mounted and ready for spanning the bow; by Urs Graf, from a book printed in 1513. An Albanian quiver for arrows, from the 1533 chronicle on the Prince of Scanderberg. And a miniature bordure of quiver, from a codex of ca. 1520, St. Gallen, Switzerland. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 1st May 2012 at 04:53 PM.