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12th November 2008, 04:41 PM
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Two huge wall crossbows, mid 15th century
The first, about 170 cm high, together with a movable protective wall (that was most probably used by a harquebusier, though) , in the Imperial Castle of Nuremberg, the seond in the Bavarian Army Museum Ingolstadt and of somehat smaller dimensions.
The quiver, too, is of unusual size. Telling from the long, slender iron socket and the tiny arrow tip, the topmost of the two Ingolstadt crossbow bolts was originally an incendiary arrow, the incendiary mass now missing. The painted protective wall is also in the Bavarian Army Museum Ingolstadt. Michael |
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12th November 2008, 05:22 PM
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The other quiver in the Bayerisches Armeemuseum Ingolstadt. Its style of decoration refllects the Eastern European taste.
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24th November 2008, 08:07 PM
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A fine late 15th century Gothic crossbow
At the Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow.
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24th November 2008, 08:22 PM
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Late Gothic crossbows at the Army Museum Bukarest/Romania
Note the painted composite bow.
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24th November 2008, 08:26 PM
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More.
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24th November 2008, 08:35 PM
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Found these on the internet, possibly taken at the Hungarian National Museum Budapest.
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24th November 2008, 08:42 PM
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More than 25,000 Gothic crossbow bolts
... preserved in the City Museum of Soest, Germany!
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