A Very Rare Nuremberg Arquebus 'Bronze'/Brass Barrel, ca. 1500-10

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A Very Rare Nuremberg Arquebus 'Bronze'/Brass Barrel, ca. 1500-10

15th April 2012, 09:53 PM	#11
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	An arquebus, similar to the one illustrated by Jörg Ratgeb, mounted with a brass barrel, the snap-tinderlock serpentine inaptly depicted to be attached on the right-hand side of the barrel (!), from the earliest Maximilian armory inventory, by Bartholomäus Freysleben, ca. 1495-1500, cod. icon. 222, fol. 181v. It is labeled as messing hanndtpüchse (brass-barreled arquebus). m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 15th April 2012 at 11:18 PM.

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