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7th December 2008, 01:53 PM
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(deceased)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
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Probably the earliest Gothic crossbow in existence, ca. 1350
Preserved at the City museum of Cologne, Germany.
In the first picture, the bow is of course inversed; this had been corrected by the time the second picture was taken. The open curve of the composite bow is due to not having had a string attached for hundreds of years. The detached bow of a huge wall crossbow also at the Cologne museum. Michael |
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