Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 122
ken (MS. Reg. 19C. VIII.,) containing a moral work entitled the Imagination de vraye Noblesse,was written at the manor of Shene (Richmond), on the last day of June 1496,as we learn from a note by the scribe at the end of the volume; * and it maytherefore be considered as exhibiting the costume and… … at the end of the fifteenth century. We have here the parish butt; and thearchers engaged in shooting for the prize. They use the arbalest or cross-bow, and not the long-bow. One of them is engaged in putting his weaponready for shooting, which was done by drawing back the cord of the bow bymeans…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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