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A store of crossbow bolts, shafts and heads

A store of crossbow bolts, shafts and heads.jpg A medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsAmerigo VespucciA medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsAmerigo VespucciA medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsAmerigo VespucciA medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsAmerigo VespucciA medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsAmerigo VespucciA medieval method of combating the plague. The persecution of the anointers in Milan in 1630ThumbnailsAmerigo Vespucci

The crossbowman is aiming at a target to the left of the picture.
From a catalogue of the Arsenal of the Emperor Maximilian I. (6. 1459, d. 1519).