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Does some reconstructed piece exist?
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Many have been made by living history groups. The Grey Company in Australia have made a range of them
[url:2vi4l5bz]http://members.iinet.com.au/~rmine/Greycos/greytrebs.html[/url]
Also the New Varangian Guard in Australia have also experimented with one
[url:2vi4l5bz]http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/trebs/trebuchet.html[/url]
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I own facsimile from the Crusader-Bible (Louis the Saint), Pierpoint Morgan library, new York, MS M.638 et al. On folio 23 verso is a nice battle scene, which fits neatly into this thread:
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I think I got it.
The Cheiromangana is probably nothing but an improvement of the good, old Fustibalus (in German: Stabschleuder) of the days of Vegetius: A vertical pole is placed in the ground on which another, horizontal, pole is placed, with a sling at one end and the shooter at the other, the whole mechanism working according to the lever principle, just like a trebuchet, but only with a single operator.
With the pole in the ground pivoting around its axle, the shooter can cover a field of 360 degrees.
Chevedden also mentions further down in his article that the cheiromangana was operated by just one man:
[quote]The pole-framed trebuchet was identified as an alakation and a lithobolos, while the pole-framed “hand-trebuchet,â€
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Perhaps we can merge this thread to Byzantine Weapons and Warfare. So that the weapon does not become lost for a second tme.
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is the first one not the same, just draw out of perspective, like much of the ancient art was?
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