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Saxon Bow and Arrow.—X. Century

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Saxon Bow and Arrow.—X. Century.jpg How to Allure the HareThumbnailsShe dropped her pack and came running back, her hands at each side of her head with two fingers crooked, like horns, the sign for buffaloesHow to Allure the HareThumbnailsShe dropped her pack and came running back, her hands at each side of her head with two fingers crooked, like horns, the sign for buffaloesHow to Allure the HareThumbnailsShe dropped her pack and came running back, her hands at each side of her head with two fingers crooked, like horns, the sign for buffaloesHow to Allure the HareThumbnailsShe dropped her pack and came running back, her hands at each side of her head with two fingers crooked, like horns, the sign for buffaloesHow to Allure the HareThumbnailsShe dropped her pack and came running back, her hands at each side of her head with two fingers crooked, like horns, the sign for buffaloes

This engraving is made from a manuscript of the tenth century in the Cotton Library. The bow is curiously ornamented having the head and tail of a serpent carved at the ends; and was, probably, such a one as was used by the nobility. In all these bows we may observe one thing remarkable, that is, the string not being made fast to the extremities, but permitted to play at some distance from them. How far this might be more or less advantageous than the present method, I shall not presume to determine.