Halbe Rüstung mit Reliefdekor

Title

Halbe Rüstung mit Reliefdekor

HCA Identifier

Document Number/Property ID: MI008317

Inventory number: W 1129

Collection Location

Deutches Historisches Museum.

Date

1576

Location

Bezugsperson:

Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern

Description

The stock is made of brown wood (presumably beech wood). It is in the form of an armour crossbow and is covered on the sides with blackened, relief-carved antlers. On the left side of the crossbow, a crowned figure can be seen on a balcony playing a harp. In front of it, surrounded by several servants, a resting beauty can be seen. Above this, on the upper side band, the text “CADVS” and “DAVID ENTHAI-LIGT SICH MIT BERSABEA SA” is engraved. This is followed by a mounted warrior in the middle of a wooded landscape and two soldiers armed with spears and shields. The next scene shows the mounted man fighting with the two soldiers. Above this is the text “M. CVATIVS” and “HORATIVS COCLES”. On the smoothly ground cheek piece, a dog fights a unicorn amidst scrolls and tendrils. Above this is the text “”ANNO DOMINI 1576 IAR”. The right side shows a bearded king armed with a sword, addressing three people. The scene is surrounded by columns and curtains, and takes place on a slab-covered floor. Two of the figures each hold an infant. The upper side band is engraved with the text "M. IER KADVS 2 V..." and "IVDITIVM SOLOMONIS C:REG III." The next scene shows two fighting warriors amidst tendrils, behind them a rider charging two fighting warriors. Engraved above are the texts "IVLIVS CESAR" and "OCTAVIANVS AVGVSTVS." The final scene, toward the end of the column, depicts a man approaching a nude figure. Further on, a nude figure can be seen amidst blankets and curtains. Above this is the text "SEXTVS FORCES LVCRETIA." The lower side bands are each engraved with a braid pattern. On the underside, tendrils and grotesques arranged symmetrically to the central axle decorate the surfaces. At the front, in the area of ​​the stock reinforcing rivet, a nude female figure is depicted holding a human head in her hands, with a quartered shield with black and white fields below. This four-part division is repeated on the butt cap, but here in white bone and dark horn. All reliefs, like the text, are coarsely engraved, while the engravings are more finely executed.The reinforcing rivet in the front of the stock has a circular setting head; the rivet head is lined with a flower-shaped washer and partially covers the engraved female figure. The bolt holder used to keep the bolt in place when aiming is missing. On the simple four-axle nut lock, all external steel parts are blackened. Also blackened is the steel sheet, which is bound with a piece of thick leather and has marks on the left and right sides. On the left side of the crossbow is either the letters “ICP” or “ICR” with two stars and a cross in a pointed shield.

Source

https://objekt.db.dhm.de/objekt/MI008317
Deutches Historisches Museum.

Collection: Militaria/1

Crossbow Top Measurements

Total crossbow size:
Height: 12.1
Width: 59.5
Length: 66
Weight: 3740
The stock of the crossbow:
Length: 63