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Crossbow
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A crossbow is a heavy weapon that could shoot arrows with much greater force than a longbow. Instead of drawing the crossbow by hand, the marksman used a reel. Crossbow arrows, however, could not go further than thirty metres. Moreover, it took quite some time to draw the crossbow.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCrossbow. c. 1500 - c. 1600. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
