Axe, rebounding crossbow bolts and national bow types

Rebounding crossbow bolt (moschette da balestra)

When the arrow leaves the string and strikes a small shield, the ring at the front of the arrow makes it spring back after impact, while the iron passes through to do its work.

Bow-dart tethered to the string

The bow moschette is a thin iron awl a quarter-braccio long, feathered at the tail, that flies from the arrow to its target while remaining attached to the string. Some make it with an eye filled with a medicament (poison).

Irish, English, Syrian and German bows compared

Irish and English bows are nearly equal in length at about four braccia each, but the Irish fit a sharp iron a cubit long in place of one bow-horn. A Syrian bow is made of buffalo horn, and a German bow of two joined pieces of steel.

The axe (manara), a Roman weapon

The topmost figure is an axe, which Leonardo notes was much in use among the Romans.

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