crossbow

A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels. A person who shoots crossbow is called a crossbowman, an arbalister or an arbalist.

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  arbalest ⓘ
  later crossbow variant

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  besta de torno ⓘ
  type of weapon

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  Big Joe 5 crossbow ⓘ
  subclass ofcrossbow

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  gastraphetes ⓘ
  ancient Greek crossbow

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  ōyumi ⓘ
  old Japanese weapon

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  panjagan ⓘ
  Sasanian weapon or archery technique for firing five arrows

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  repeating crossbow ⓘ
  type of weapon invented in China

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  stone bow ⓘ
  modified version of the classic crossbow

Frameless

Chronicle of Froissart - 72 A 25 - 001r

Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg (1413–1480), German, probably Stuttgart, attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (MET, 04.3.36)

Royal Armouries - Up Close online exhibition (53528460454)

Envy (Invidia) from The Seven Deadly Sins, print, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Pieter van der Heyden (MET, 26.72.46)

Crossbowman from Finnish Lapland. Finn, not Sámi.

Trivulzio book of hours - KW SMC 1 - folio 052v

Armbrust-Scheibenhalter

Harnas, helm en twee bogen (Museum Gouda)

L'illustration de l'armement au musée d'Artillerie (1846)

Zentralbibliothek Zürich - Waffen im Zeughaus. Gruppe SO - 991127584179705501

• Origins of the Crossbow Industry in England - article published in 2004
• The Crossbow - book published in 1903
• The Royal Crossbow Makers of England, 1204-1272 - article, Q1860, 2003

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		arbalest	crossbow	Wikidata
class	weapon		besta de torno	crossbow	Wikidata
class	weapon		Big Joe 5 crossbow	crossbow	Wikidata
class	weapon		gastraphetes	siege engine, tension artillery, crossbow	Wikidata
class	weapon		ōyumi	crossbow	Wikidata
class	weapon		panjagan	crossbow	Wikidata
class	weapon		repeating crossbow	crossbow	Wikidata
class	weapon		stone bow	crossbow	Wikidata
link	page		Statens historiska museers samlingar page@		Wikidata
link	page		Statens historiska museers samlingar page@		Wikidata
link	page		Tesauro Museus page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Chronicle of Froissart - 72 A 25 - 001r		Commons
commons	image		Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg (1413–1480), German, probably Stuttgart, attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (MET, 04.3.36)		Commons
commons	image		Royal Armouries - Up Close online exhibition (53528460454)		Commons
commons	image		Envy (Invidia) from The Seven Deadly Sins, print, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Pieter van der Heyden (MET, 26.72.46)		Commons
commons	image		Crossbowman from Finnish Lapland. Finn, not Sámi.		Commons
commons	image		Trivulzio book of hours - KW SMC 1 - folio 052v		Commons
commons	image		Armbrust-Scheibenhalter		Commons
commons	image		Harnas, helm en twee bogen (Museum Gouda)		Commons
commons	image		L'illustration de l'armement au musée d'Artillerie (1846)		Commons
commons	image		Zentralbibliothek Zürich - Waffen im Zeughaus. Gruppe SO - 991127584179705501		Commons