Riaño, Juan F. (Juan Facundo), 1829-1901 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 121
morias de la Academia de la Historia, ix. p. 214^says:— Alfonso de Palencia tells us the espingarda, or large handmusket (see woodcut), and cerhataiia culverin, were used in the 100 SPANISH INDUSTRIAL ART. insurrection at Toledo in July, 1467. He assures us they hadbeen very recently invented and… … SPANISH MUSKETS. Stones, rockets, arrows, and shots of espingardas which werethrown into the town. At the same time as these portable fire-arms were used in Spain,the ancient baliestas, crossbows, so generally used in the MiddleAges, were very popular. Several artists became very famous intheir…
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