- A springald, or
espringal, was a
medieval torsion artillery device for
throwing bolts. It is
depicted in a
diagram in an 11th-century
Byzantine m****cript...
- list (link) Vegetius, De re militari, II, 25. Nicolle, pp. 173–174, the
espringal is depicted, in the form of a
fairly detailed diagram, in an 11th-century...
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suspended him
there a corpse."
Espringal from the
anonymous Romance of Alexander, c. 14th century, MS
Bodleian 264.
Espringal from De re
militari by Roberto...
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which was
often mounted on a
mobile ch****is, and the 'skein-bow' or '
espringal'
which was a
torsion device using twisted skeins of silk or
sinew to power...
- groove.
Other giant crossbows were used
throughout the period, and an "
espringal",
based on the ballista,
which threw large bolts, was
developed in the...
