Re: Grapeshot

[Peter Keel]

Many thanks. 

I remember seeing those bags in Patrices pictures, but of course I 
couldn't remember the name of the original artist, and didn't know 
the name of the codex. It does not seem to be available
in digital form anywhere, tough. 

The "Hailleshot", by the way, is described in the "Feuerwerkbuch von 1420" 
(available in various codices, cpg 122 or cpg 502 for instance, which
are available in digital form, and transcribed on http://www.feuerwerkbuch.de/)
as "Hagel", meaning  in that case stones the size of eggs packed in a 
contraption of mostly clay. Also described is the "Ygel" (Hedgehog), 
which consists of a metal sheet in front of a wooden block, and up to 
400 pieces of metal loaded in front of that.

Cheers
Seegras
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