As every year, the 2025 yearbook contains a wealth of interesting articles on the subject. The articles are in German or English, and each article includes a summary in the other language. Contents: An Attempt to reconstruct an European Crossbow from the 9th-10th Century; The Lillohus Crossbow. An accurate Reconstruction; A Gallery of Crossbow Spanning Devices from European Paintings and Illuminations of the 14th to 16th Centuries; Crossbows and Conquistadors. The Role of the Crossbows in the Colonisation of Mexico; The Mainz Shooting Charter of 1480; Relocation to the Depot. Crossbows in Friedrichstein Castle (Bad Wildunge). Part 2; Arcubalesta in Nummis. On the depiction of the crossbow on medals; Simple beauty. A Saxon snapper with a trigger safety; A snapper by Johann Friedrich Stiel from Leipzig; A wooden shooting bird from the Neunkirchen Municipal Museum; My life as a crossbow shooter: Franz Grieshofer (19021984); Crossbows on offer from the art and antiques dealer Bossard, Lucerne 1910. The antique weapons trade in the age of historicism; The 22nd meeting of crossbow makers in Puchberg am Schneeberg.
Author
Sensfelder, Jens (Hrsg.)
Title
Jahrblatt der Interessengemeinschaft Historische Armbrust. 2025
Details
Paperback, numerous bw- and colour illustrations, large format. 120 pages.
State
new
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