Late Gothic Crossbows and Accouterments

David Jaumann · 20th January 2013, 06:25 PM

Thank you!

I forgot some pictures! Here you can see that the prod actually doesn´t fit to the stock. What do you think about the trigger?

fernando · 21st January 2013, 04:28 PM

I wish i knew enough to comment on that, David

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The more frequent house expert (Matchlock) will be absent for a while; no doubt when he comes back he will have a lot to post in order to update all his thread issues.
However we have more members who are also comfortably within this area; let's hope they chime in with their comments.

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Micke D · 23rd January 2013, 08:18 AM

I will try to write something about these crossbows, before the weekend when I have some time over.

fernando · 23rd January 2013, 09:21 AM

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I will try to write something about these crossbows, before the weekend when I have some time over.

Andi · 23rd January 2013, 02:56 PM

Archaeological Museum Hamburg is actually excavates some medieval housing sites along a street in Hamburg-Harburg which directs to the former main passage via the River Elbe to Hamurg. At one site they found at least 3 chrossbow nuts made from deers horn as well as a lot of crossbow bolts and musquete barrels dating to approx. 15th century. As they found also lots of other bone and horn objects they suppose that it was a bone carvers house, but the extraordinary high amount of other projectiles may also alow an other interpretation of the houses inhabitants profession.

Here is a photo which I made in August 2012 showing one of the corssbow nuts in comparison with such an object in a reconstructed corssbow. Unfortunately the museum has no information about this crossbow, neither its origin nor its dating. It was found in the museums inventory without any information. They believe it is an early modern reconstruction, maybe of the 19th century.

David Jaumann · 25th January 2013, 10:15 AM

Thank you for posting Andi! Do you have approximate messurements of the nuts? That would be very interesting!

I´m courios about your information of the Nuremberg-crossbows, Micke

Best wishes,
David

fernando · 25th January 2013, 04:55 PM

David, you have a PM (private message) in your box.

Andi · 4th February 2013, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by David Jaumann

Thank you for posting Andi! Do you have approximate messurements of the nuts? That would be very interesting!

Today I have phoned with the museums curator and he told me that dimensions of the finds are normally not taken when inventarizing the objects. The dimensions of the crossbow nuts will be taken when they will be scientifically examined somewhen later.

Hopefully I can try to get them when next visiting the museum. In case I get them I will post them here.

20th January 2013, 06:25 PM	#1
David Jaumann Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 35	Thank you! I forgot some pictures! Here you can see that the prod actually doesn´t fit to the stock. What do you think about the trigger? Attached Images

21st January 2013, 04:28 PM	#2
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,647	I wish i knew enough to comment on that, David . The more frequent house expert (Matchlock) will be absent for a while; no doubt when he comes back he will have a lot to post in order to update all his thread issues. However we have more members who are also comfortably within this area; let's hope they chime in with their comments. , Last edited by fernando; 21st January 2013 at 04:41 PM.

23rd January 2013, 02:56 PM	#5
Andi Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halstenbek, Germany Posts: 202	Archaeological Museum Hamburg is actually excavates some medieval housing sites along a street in Hamburg-Harburg which directs to the former main passage via the River Elbe to Hamurg. At one site they found at least 3 chrossbow nuts made from deers horn as well as a lot of crossbow bolts and musquete barrels dating to approx. 15th century. As they found also lots of other bone and horn objects they suppose that it was a bone carvers house, but the extraordinary high amount of other projectiles may also alow an other interpretation of the houses inhabitants profession. Here is a photo which I made in August 2012 showing one of the corssbow nuts in comparison with such an object in a reconstructed corssbow. Unfortunately the museum has no information about this crossbow, neither its origin nor its dating. It was found in the museums inventory without any information. They believe it is an early modern reconstruction, maybe of the 19th century. Attached Images Last edited by Andi; 23rd January 2013 at 03:13 PM.

23rd January 2013, 08:18 AM	#3
Micke D Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 41	I will try to write something about these crossbows, before the weekend when I have some time over.

25th January 2013, 10:15 AM	#6
David Jaumann Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 35	Thank you for posting Andi! Do you have approximate messurements of the nuts? That would be very interesting! I´m courios about your information of the Nuremberg-crossbows, Micke Best wishes, David

25th January 2013, 04:55 PM	#7
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,647	David, you have a PM (private message) in your box.