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Arab Archery: An Arabic Manuscript of About A.D. 1500

Arab Archery: An Arabic Manuscript of About A.D. 1500

Faris, Nabih Amin
Elmer, Robert Potter

Paperback

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ISBN10: 1614279241
ISBN13: 9781614279242
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Published: Jan 24 2016
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
2016 Reprint of the 1945 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. When it was first published, this was the first work on the subject from the medieval Arab world that had been made available in English. The original manuscript which formed the basis for this translation is contemporary with Ascham's Toxophilus, which is considered the only source of detailed knowledge of English archery. The Arabic manuscript is thorough and authoritative, evidently the work of an expert bowman. A vast amount of information concerning the long-range artillery, by which one eastern empire after another had been won, is here brought forward into full light after having laid hidden for centuries. It can still serve as a textbook on archery to this day.

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