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HARQUEBUS [4 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
DEF

A portable matchlock or wheellock gun.

CONT

The harquebus was invented in Spain in the mid-15th century. It was often fired from a support, against which the recoil was transferred from a hook on the gun.... The bore varied, and its effective range was less than 650 feet(200 m). The harquebus was superseded by the larger musket... in the mid-16th century.

PHR

matchlock arquebus, wheellock arquebus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
DEF

Arme à feu portative dont la mise à feu se faisait par une mèche ou un rouet.

CONT

L'arquebuse à mèche, apparue vers 1450, a une masse de 5 à 9 kilogrammes et nécessite la prise d'appui sur une fourche (fourquin). La mèche est allumée et ramenée sur le bassinet où la poudre est tassée pour l'explosion. Elle succède à la couleuvrine à main dont elle diffère par l'ajout du bassinet (contenant la poudre d'amorçage) et du serpentin qui, tenant la mèche allumée, pivote pour la mise à feu de l'arme.

PHR

arquebuse à mèche, arquebuse à rouet

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

harquebus : an item in the "Armaments" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

arquebuse : objet de la classe «Armement» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
DEF

The cock of the harquebus.

CONT

... before 1425, a most significant advance occurred with the addition of a pivoted S-shaped bar of metal with a pair of jaws ... for holding the match. ... the soldier needed [only] to raise the lower end of the lever, or serpentine, and the lighted end of the match would be automatically depressed and brought into contact with the powder in the pan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
DEF

Chien de l'arquebuse à mèche.

CONT

La grande nouveauté, aux alentours de 1400, sera l'utilisation d'une mèche [...] Puis on imagine un système permettant de fixer cette mèche à l'arme. Système ingénieux et simple, constitué par un S en métal pivotant autour d'un axe. La mèche est prise par des mâchoires à l'extrémité de cette tige appelée serpentin. Il suffit de relever l'extrémité libre pour abaisser la mèche sur le bassinet.

Spanish

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Record 4 1983-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a soldier armed with a harquebus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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