Staff Sling (B)

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Staff Sling

Staff Slings are seen pictured and featured in many manuscripts, from the earliest part of the Middle Ages until the end of the Middle Ages.
The Staff Slings was often used in connection with naval battles or sieges, perhaps because they are great for shooting in curves. A Staff Sling fires stones, but also small clay jars filled with burning coal can be used as ammunition.

Sources

Staff Sling 01 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Liber ad honorem Augusti Liber ad honorem Augusti sive de rebus Siculis.
Author:
Petrus de Ebulo.
Current location:
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Bern, Switzerland (Cod. 120.II - 111r)
Place of origin:
Southern Italy.
Dating:
1195-1197.

Staff Sling 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Chronica Majora II
Author:
Matthew Paris
Current location:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College (MS 016II - F59v).
Place of origin:
-
Dating:
Ca. 1256.

Staff Sling 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Alte Armatur und Ringkunst (Fechtbuch).
Author:
Hans Thalhofer (Talhoffer).
Current location:
Det Kgl. Bibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark (Thott 290 folio - f.68).
Place of origin:
Bavaria, Germany.
Dating:
1459.

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