| Scott, Sir
Walter, cited, 23
Screw and handle crossbow, 81,
82
Senlis, crossbowmen repulse Belgians
at (947), 44
Shakespeare (1564-1616), quoted, 21,
53n.
Shields used by crossbowmen, 7
Shirley, Evelyn,
illustration from his book on English deerparks
(1867), 51
Shortbow : early use of, 31 ; arm of mounted
man, 32 ; supersession of by longbow,
32
Siege engines ; various names known by,
249,
250
; source of power, 250
Sights of a crossbow : description and form,
93,
94
; of bulletshooting crossbow, 197,
198
; Continental, 203,
205
; Belgian, 213,
214
Sismondi, S. de (1773-1842), historian, cited,
38
Slurbow , description of, 129,
130
; specimen of, at Madrid,
129
Sluys, large number of crossbowmen at battle
of (1340), 4
Sporting crossbow ; use of in hunting, 11
; ornamentation of, 12 ; effectiveness of, 12,
13
; weight and dimensions of, 15 ; bolts used
with, 17 ; range of, 22
; bridle of sinew, used in, 67
; improvements in, 131 sqq ; trigger, 135
; safety trigger and backsite,
136
; groove for bolt abolished, 136
; ivory crosspiece, 136
; good specimens of, 139
Sporting crossbow (Small),
various uses, 163 ; how bolts were kept from
being lost, 164 ; dimensions of, 164
; wooden lever used to bend, 164
; dimensions of lever, 166
; how to use it, 166 ; arrangement
of bolt in, 168 ; size
of bolt, 168 ; improved
lock fitted to, 169sqq.
Sporting crossbow (Spanish)
: use and construction of, 145sqq ; makers
of various parts of, 148 149
; arrows used with, 153,
154
; makers of arrows,
154
; poison employed with in hunting, 154,
155
Spring engine : conjecture as to name of,
316
; construction simple, 316
; description of, 318,
319
Sprott, Thomas (fl. 1265), historian,
allusion to, 45
Stalking horse, mode of use, 50
Stanley, H. J., late Vice-Consul
at Dresden, 236n.
Stella, G., historian (fl, at end of 14th
cent.), on the trebuchet, 314
Stephen, King,
employment of crossbowmen by, 45
Stephen, Sir Condie,
late British Minister at Dresden, 236n.
Stirling Castle, war
engine employed at siege of, (1304), 261,
270
Stirrup, dimensions and application, 104
Stock : plan of,
92
; dimensions of, 93 ; wood made of, 93
; method of holding, 94.
; how bow fixed to, 105, 106, 107 ; of Continental
crossbow, 205 ; of Belgian
crossbow, 207,
209
Stoffel, Johan,
silver collar made by, 222
Stonebow : introduction of, 52,
53
; aIlusion to by Shakespeare,
53n.;
use of, 157; various sizes, |
158 ; parts of
the lock, 158 ; how fitted, 159 ; improved,
with thicker steel bow, 161,
162
; popularity on Continent, 179; description
of, and method of using, 263, Seee also
Bulletshooting Crossbow
Stradanus, Johannes
(1536-1605) Flemish painter, illustrations from,
24,
50, 52
Strutt, J. (1749 -1802), author and antiquary,
illustrations from, 32, 225
Syracuse, war engines
used at siege of (214-212) 261,
265,
266, 267
Tacitus, Cornelious
(b. 61) historian, 255 ; quoted, 268,
269
Tailleboirg, crossbowmen at battle
of (1242), 46
Taku forts, crossbow used at capture of,
49n.
Tempesta, Antonio
(1555- 1630), Italian painter, illustration
from, xxii
Thevenot, , Melchisedech
(1620-1692), editor of Mathematici Veteres,
note on, 255, 256
Thorne, William
(fl. 1397), historian, quoted, 45
Thuiller, Vincent
(1685-1736) translator of Polybius, 255,
272
Toppermuir, longbow used by Montrose
at (1644), 35
Toxophilite Society, remarkable bow and arrow
preserved by, 30n.
Toxophilites, at archery
contest, 27
Trajan's Column, references to, 259,
260
Trebuchet ; date of, and
projectiles
used with, 249,
250,
309, 315. ; list
of authorities on, 253 sqq. ; various
occasions on which used, 260 sqq.,
314
; fiendish deeds achieved by, 272
; range of, 276 sqq. ; experiments with, 309;
action of, 310
Trigger : dimensions and forms, 98,
99
; of bulletshooting crossbow, 196
Turks ; description of arrows used by, 26
; construction of bow of, 28,
29
; its penetrative power, 29
Tyrrell, Sir Walter,
and death of William II., 45
Valentininian II. Roman
Emperor, treatise dedicated to, 43
Valturius, Robertus
(15th cent.), author of De Re Militari,
cited, 8; illustrations from, 8,
82,
249 ; note on,
256
Van Loon, Gerard, account of Infanta
Isabella and popinjay, 228,
229
Varillas, Antoine
(1624-1696), historian, quoted, 271, 272
Vassaf, Persian
historian (fl. 45th cent.) quoted, 315
Vegetius, Flavius
Renatus (fl. 385), military writer, cited,
43,
25
; note on, 256 ; illustrations from, 317,
318
Verdun, crossbowmen at (985), 44
Veronese, Italian
painter, 44
Vespasian, Roman
emperor, war engines of, at siege
of Jotapata (A.D. 67), 267, 268 |
