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 126
was ready for a second. The French liad lighter cannon of bronze,drawn by horses, and moved witli so nuich order tliat their transport hardlydelayed the march of the ainiy ; lliey phmted their batteries with incrediblepromptitude, considering the period, and the rounds were as quickly deliveredas… … Fig. 66.—Hand Cannon (or Baton a fen), taken from a piece of Tapestrj- belonging to the Church of Notre-Dame de Xantilly, Saumur. Yet no single specimen, or even drawing, of this remarkable artilleryhas been handed down to us. The ^luseuni of Artillery does, indeed, possessone small piece, on…
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