Crossbow

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Title

Crossbow

Description


The cranequin, or winding device sitting on top of the crossbow, made it easier to span for reloading. With a full quiver, a container for bolts and arrows, a hunter could bring home plenty of meat.

Date: 1460-1470
Provenance: Germany
Materials: Wood (walnut?), bone, horn, iron, steel
Dimensions: Overall: 87 cm (34 1/4 in.); Bow: 74.5 cm (29 5/16 in.); Butt: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Weight: 3.82 kg (8.42 lbs.)

Rights


Current Location: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Identifier: 1916.1725

Relation


Tod’s Workshop. “Tod of Todsstuff shoots a medieval 450lb cranequin hunting crossbow.” Youtube. September 24, 2013. Video, 1:55. 


Tarassuk, Leonid, and Claude Blair. 1982. The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons. New York: Simon and Schuster.


Pratt-Sturges, Rebekah. 2017. “Illuminating the Medieval Hunt: Power and Performance in Gaston Fébus' Le Livre de Chasse”. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.