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30th March 2011, 08:54 PM
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Handgonners from spanish tapestry
These spanish tapestry was made from 1472 to 1480 year. the images of handgonners were founded in this album: https://picasaweb.google.com/geoffre...eriesDEspagne#
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30th March 2011, 08:55 PM
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30th March 2011, 09:10 PM
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Another great find, Alexander, thank you!
Best, Michael |
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30th March 2011, 09:10 PM
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and the most interesting images:
A. clef B. probably lockplate C. serpentine D. piece of tinder F. looks like pan but I think that this is a touch hole turned to the right side. |
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31st March 2011, 09:01 AM
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Hi Alexander,
You know I do not believe in complete lock plates before ca. 1500. To me, these illustrations rather seem to picture single divided lock parts like a serpentine spring just nailed or clamped to the right side of the stock! I am attaching the famous snap matchlock gun of the Emperor Maximilian I and another two two ca. 1500 guns preserved in the Royal Armouries Leeds, one of which features exactly the same relic spring, the other having lost all its other 'lock' parts except for the brass clamps! Please remember all these were preliminary stages prior to the combining lockplate, and that's exactly why I tend to date Martin Merz's drawing to ca. 1500.  Best, Michael |
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31st March 2011, 05:13 PM
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Thanks for comment. Michael, what do You think about type of this mechanism? I had never seen that before
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31st March 2011, 07:56 PM
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Sadly not one single gun with a complete mechanism of this kind seems to have survived. On the gun in the Royal Armouries Leeds at least the spring of the serpentine is still there. On a similar arquebus in the Vienna collection, stocked for a left handed shooter, the tender tinder serpentine has been replaced in the correct way. So this item conveys a good impression of what these mechanisms looked like.
 Best, Michael |
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