An Interesting Crossbow Accident, 1517

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Originally Posted by fernando

Have you some theory, or even certainty, on the reason for that sort of 'mechanism' depicted in the cape of the character on the right of the illustration?

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I am pretty sure that it represents the "wheel of fortune" that raises a man up and then casts him down. It's a common medieval motif, but it usually has people on the wheel, and "Fortune" herself turning the crank.

An image search for wheel of fortune medieval will bring up quite a few examples. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=is...rtune+medieval. I am new here as I write this, so I am not sure I understand the rules and etiquette of posting images that are not mine.

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