Proposal for a new earliest matchlock

Author

Foley, Vernon; Canganelli, Susan

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the Arms & Armour Society. 1990, Num. 3, Vol. 13, 161-172, 6 ill.

ISSN

0004-2439

Abstract (en)

Analysis of a previously unnoticed second matchlock (a mechanism which has its system of moving parts, its springs, and its screws or rivets mounted on a lock plate which is in turn fastened to a gunstock) in manuscript of 1471 by Martin Mertz (or Mercz), Kunst aus Büchsen zu Schiessen (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Decorative arts -- Metalwork -- Germany
• Matchlocks
• Germany
• 1400-1500
• Firearms
• Mercz, Martin, act.1471, d.1501
• Kunst aus Büchsen zu schiessen
• Bayerische Staatsbibliothek||München (DEU)
• Manuscripts

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Arts décoratifs -- Arts du métal -- Allemagne
• Fusil à mèche
• Allemagne
• 1400-1500
• Arme à feu
• Mercz, Martin, act.1471, m.1501
• Kunst aus Büchsen zu schiessen
• Bayerische Staatsbibliothek||München (DEU)
• Manuscrits

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00425604

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