Caption:
French crossbowman winding a crossbow, 14th century. In capelline helmet, jaque or leather justaucorps over a chainmail hauberk, pink hose, knee armour, and boots. He uses both hands to wind the bow ready to load a bolt. Arbaletrier. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.