Niklas Stoer, Two Cannons.
 
Date Description Source Reference
1540 A.D. Two bell tents and two pavilions. 

Pavilion, banners, ball apexes, decorated roof ridge and valance. 

Bell tent (left), banner, small ball apex above a domed cap, the roof has two teirs, each with dotted scalloping.

Niklas Stoer. G. 1373: Ro. 42. Two Cannons, c. 1540. Gotha.
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"Medium artillery pieces, prbably Kartaunen. In general the rate of firing was slow. This was in part due to the necessity to cool and clean the bore each time to prevent premature explosions when reloading; vinegar was used to cool the barrels."

Geisberg, M., The German Single-leaf Woodcut: 1500 - 1550, Volume 4, New York, 1974, p. 1328. 

Miller, D., The Landsknechts, Osprey Publishing, 1976, p. 20.


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