Machinery of War, Shield-Cum-Bow, 12th Century

Illustration from a treatise compiled for Saladin after the fall of Jerusalem. The shield-cum-bow's string is tautened by a winding key. The arrow emerges from a hole in the shield protected by iron flaps which close up again

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Ad Din Ad-din Ayyub Crusades Mosel Saladin Salah Salahuddin Weaponry Yusuf

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