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Hakenbüchsen or Medieval Gunpowder Castle Artillery Pt2

Discussion in 'Friends of planetFigure' started by Paul, Feb 12, 2018.

  1. Paul Active Member

    Country:
    Germany
    I knew I´d seen them before!!! ...as I wrote on the
    Medieval Gunpowder Castle Artillery post


    I´ve seen examples of them in print but I can´t remember where. They look late medieval or Renaissance.
    The pics come from "das Zeugbuch des Kaisers Maximilian I. 1475"
    Digital Version HERE
    Look under the titel (left Hand side ) Messinghakenbüchsen
    The book shows a whole range of arquebus´s, big, small, on Trestles, two legged stands, wheels, breech and muzzle loaded.
    Looking at the pics...the "Flaming Brands" depicted on the RedBox Bods now makes sense.
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    Arquebus from The German Hakenbuchse..a Hand gun with a hook so it can be braced when being fired.

    And...at PSR they are sceptical about the kneeling bod using a pick axe to chip shot down to size but..
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    It could be RedBox were being too literal (or not) by portraying a hammer with two spiked heads but the pic below ..the one on the right has, when viewed from the side, what Looks two Points. Even though they aren´t as common These days, so called "Stone Dressing Hammers" used to be common and they do (did) look a wee bit like small pick axes.
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    Oh...and the bod Holding the guage board..the one with the axe in his Hand. What is it for? The axe not the board.
    It´s a Stone cleaving axe, something like...HERE.

    And just to make sure...here´s a site listing, among other Stone mason Tools, axes (plain edged) and Hand picks (Sculptors pick)
    The Art of Making in Antiquity

    Continue reading...

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