The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 154
ail remained to bediscovered. The Armoury Real of Madrid contains a curious dragonneau,* cast atLiege in 1503, which figured in the siege of Santander in 1511 (Fig. 67).The carriage, consisting of a single piece of carved oak, is by its delicacyand finish worthy of sustaining this masterpiece of… … Fig. 67.—Double-barrelled Dragonneau. Armoury Real of Madrid. Having arrived at this point, let us again retrace our steps, in order tonote, and rapidly follow from its origin, the progress of firearms. The earliest of these used in the middle of the fourteenth century werecalled hand-cannon, and…
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