| Gameson and Co., crossbow makers,
179
Gardthausen, V.editor of Ammianus,
254
Gascon crossbowmen, 33,
48
Gaston Phoebus (1331- 1391), author of Miroir
de Phebus', a work on the chase (1391), illustrations from, 11,
12,
43,
49,
78,
79
; note on, 7 sqq ; cited, 205
n.
Gay, Victor, author
of a book on archaeology (1887), cited, 44,
64
Geneva, competitions with crossbow at, 236
Genoese crossbowmen, skillof, 4
; at Crecy, 4 sqq ;
at siege of Jerusalem, 4
; at Sluys, 4 ; punishment
of, Milanese, 62
Ghent, society of crossbowmen in, 206
Gibbon, Edward (1737- 1 794) historian, and
cannon at Crecy, 38
Gibraltar, catapult last used at siege
of (1779-1782), 264
Giovio, Paulo
(1483-1552) historian, quoted, 48
Goat's foot lever : use of, 64,
71
; preference of mounted crossbowmen for, 84
; simplicity of, 86 ; mechanism of, 86
; method of using, 86 sqq ; larger one used
by foot soldier, 88
Gould, John,. author of a book on painters
and engravers (1839), quoted, 263
Gray, James, park-keeper
(1522-1591), tablet to memory of, 51
Greek fire, use of with siege
engines, 272
Groove for bolt : material made of, 108,
109
; dimensions and method of fixing, 108
Grose, Francis
(1731-1791), military historian, 49, 254,
257
Guards used in fixing
bow to stock, 105
Guiart, Guillaume,
metrical chronicler (b. about 1290), cited, 46
Guillet de Saint George , author of
Life
of Mahomet II. (1681), 261 and n. ; quoted,
263
Guter, or Nuremburg,
air
gun invented by (1560), 177
Guy, Bishop of Amiens,
metrical chronicler, (d. about 1075), cited, 45
Hafnire, publisher, 314n.
Hainault, Count
of, at siege of Mortagne, 278
and n.
Handguns : prohibition
of , 33, 34 ;
use of on the Continent, 35, 36,
38,
48 ; effect of,
compared
with longbow, 37,
39
; description and mode of using, 40. See also
Culverin , Arquebbus
, Wheel lock , and Flintlock
Harington, Sir J., translation from Ariosto
by, quoted, 12
Hastings, battle of
, allusions to, 44, 45
Hawkins, Peter
, keeper at Bramshill , death of, 52
Heathfield, Lord
, at siege Gilbraltar, 264
Henry I., employment of crossbowmen by, 45
Henry II., assize of arms fixed by,
32
; use of crossbowmen by, 45 |
Henry II, of France, at meeting of crossbowmen,
228
Henry III., crossbowmen in army of, 46
; war engines used by, 270
Henry IV. of France, and de
Montluc's memoirs, 38 n. ; shooting at Popinjay, 228
Henry V. at Rouen,
22
; at Agincourt,
46
Henry VII., possession
of crossbow forbidden in reign of, 33
Henry VIII., use of armour in reign of, 19
; possession of crossbow forbidden in reign of, 33
; and Froissart's works, 278
Heron of Alexandria (284-221 B.C.), mechanician,
254
Hiero II., King
of Syracuse, and siege engines, 265
Holinshed, R., historian (d. about 1580),
quoted, 270
Holot, Saturnin,
bookseller of Orleans, printed (1576) a history
of the siege of Orleans from an ancient MS.,
314
n.
Honnecourt, Villard
de ( 13th cent.) engineer, cited, 314
Hunsdon, Hertfordshire,
tablet in church of, 51
Hussites, handguns employed by, 38
Hyham, crossbow maker, 179
Ingilby, General Sir
William, extract from diary of, in Peninsular
War, 26
Innocent III., Pope,
interdiction of crossbow by, 3
Isabella, Infanta,
prowess with crossbow, 228, 229
; medal commemorating, 228 ; present given to by municipality of Brussels,
229;
and Virgins of the Sablon, 230
Isidorus, Bishop
of Seville (570- 636), historian., 254
Jackson T. crossbow maker, 179
James I., commission of inquiry ordered by,
51
; remark by, 52
Jerusalem, siege of
(1099) : Genoese crossbowmen at, 4
; Roman war engines at (A.D. 70), 268
John, King
crossbowmen in army, of 46 ; the maker
of crossbows to, 62 ; catapults
used by, 270
John II. of France, and wages of crossbowmen,
6
Johnes, Colonel
Thomas (1748-1816), translation of Froissart
by, 90 n.
Johns, A. J, translation of Welsh
verse by, 6
Johnson, J, crossbow maker, 179
Joinville, Jean
Sire de (1224-1319) historian, cited, 314
n.
.
Josephus, Flavius
(37-100), historian, note on, 255, 257
; quoted, 267, 268,
276
Jotapata, account of
siege of (A.D. 67), 267, 268
Jubinal, A., author of a work on ancient
tapestries (1838), illustration from, 319
Justiniani, Bernardo (1408-1489), historian,
quoted, 62, 63 |
