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An Essay on Archery
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Item Number: 5180-6
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An Essay on Archery, describing The Practice of That Art in All Ages and Nations, by Michael Moseley, was first published in ...
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An Essay on Archery, describing The Practice of That Art in All Ages and Nations, by Michael Moseley, was first published in 1795. It is recognized as the first significant book to be published since Ascham's Toxophilus, and set the stage for the development and progress of archery into the 19th century.
Moseley's work is of particular importance because it gives a unique and rare perspective on the art, science and mystique of archery through the eyes of the 18th century and possesses insight on the history of the sport up to the point of publication. His selections on Divination by the Arrow, The Poisoned Arrow and The Whistling Arrow are to be specially noted, but Moseley also writes in detail on The Figure of the Bow, On The English Longbow, Targets & Quivers, On The Arbalest and presents biographical and historical information on skillful archers through history.
Moseley's take on the habits and customs of the eighteenth century are refreshingly liberal and surprisingly critical, questioning their basic premise in a practical manner. He asserts with austere criticism that men in power used various methods of divination by arrow simply to impose their own will under the "mask of heaven." Methods of divination used in biblical times and those employed in the Eastern nations, many of which were still in use at the time the book was written, are explored in detail.
In his essay, On Arrows, Moseley documents the materials and methods used to design and craft arrows in many countries around the world citing historical sources that are now all but lost to modern historians.
In his chapter on the Whistling Arrow, he documents an account by Hollinshead, c.1515, that mentions a company of Yemen (Yeomen) cloaked in green hoods and numbering to the tune of some 200 men. One of them, calling himself Robin Hood, approached the king and proposed a display to be put on by his company of skilled archers for the benefit of the queen. All 200 archers simultaneously let loose a massive volley of whistling arrows, causing what, at the time, must have been a miraculous spectacle to behold. By research and deduction Moseley attributed this account to the first appearance of the whistling arrow in England, and would later be used extensively in the military as a means of signaling and communication.
Special contents include:
The Figure of the Bow The Bowstring Divination by the Arrow The Whistling Arrow Poisoned Arrows On The English Longbow Of Targets Of Quivers On The Arbalest Of Skillful Archers more than 348 pages
5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Soft Cover
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