File:Portable fire-arms of olden time - Burney MS (2).png

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English: Sketch of a very early portable fire-arm as reconstructed from a drawing in Burney MS (late 14th or early 15th century). Adapted from John Hewitt's Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe (1855). Published as illustration to the article "Portable fire-arms of the olden time" in Once a Week magazine.
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Early portable firearm from the Burney MS

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