pictures of bows in medieval manuscripts
Verfasst: 28.04.2004, 21:20
On Taran's request:
Pictures of bows and arrows in medieval manuscripts are often schematic and of no great value to researchers because of the complicated rules of medieval iconography.
I have found two manuscripts in the internet with very detailed scenes of archery, crossbows and archery equipment:
Gaston Phoebus, Count of Foix: The Book of the Hunt (livre de la chasse), Paris, France, 15th century and
Jean de Froissart, Chronicles, Bruges, Flandres, 15th century.
Gaston Phoebus was a very important french nobleman who fought in the Hundred Years War against England and devoted his life to hunting after having killed his own son in a quarrel. He wrote a book on the theme with wonderfully detailed miniatures showing every aspect of medieval hunting. There are pictures of crossbows and longbows in action, hunting techniques and so on.
Jean de Froissart is perhaps the most important contemporary source of the hundred years war. His book is filled with very detailed miniatures e.g. of the Battle of Crecy or Poitiers and many archery scenes are depicted.
You find the manuscripts on the homepage of the Franch National Library: http://www.bnf.fr/site_bnf_eng/expos/index.htm
when you click on "The Age of Charles V", then on "manuscripts".
I downloaded and commented on some of the pictures in my user's gallery. If you visit my gallery you will also find some pictures of medieval arrowheads, nearly all of them from my own collection.
Regards, horsebow
P.S.: I am obliged to everyone who can tell me about links to medieval manuscripts depicting archers, bows or archer's equipment in the internet!
Pictures of bows and arrows in medieval manuscripts are often schematic and of no great value to researchers because of the complicated rules of medieval iconography.
I have found two manuscripts in the internet with very detailed scenes of archery, crossbows and archery equipment:
Gaston Phoebus, Count of Foix: The Book of the Hunt (livre de la chasse), Paris, France, 15th century and
Jean de Froissart, Chronicles, Bruges, Flandres, 15th century.
Gaston Phoebus was a very important french nobleman who fought in the Hundred Years War against England and devoted his life to hunting after having killed his own son in a quarrel. He wrote a book on the theme with wonderfully detailed miniatures showing every aspect of medieval hunting. There are pictures of crossbows and longbows in action, hunting techniques and so on.
Jean de Froissart is perhaps the most important contemporary source of the hundred years war. His book is filled with very detailed miniatures e.g. of the Battle of Crecy or Poitiers and many archery scenes are depicted.
You find the manuscripts on the homepage of the Franch National Library: http://www.bnf.fr/site_bnf_eng/expos/index.htm
when you click on "The Age of Charles V", then on "manuscripts".
I downloaded and commented on some of the pictures in my user's gallery. If you visit my gallery you will also find some pictures of medieval arrowheads, nearly all of them from my own collection.
Regards, horsebow
P.S.: I am obliged to everyone who can tell me about links to medieval manuscripts depicting archers, bows or archer's equipment in the internet!
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