The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 106
twelfth century) we see the lir.^t attemptat a movable vi/or adapted to llie conical lielmet of the Nonnans; and tothe sanu^ period must be referred the invention of the crossbow; or, it mayrather be said tliat a stock, or arhrivv, was added to the bow, wlucli aifordedgreat(>r facility for…
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