The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . tguns were small and vase shaped; towards the end they hadbecome of huge dimensions firing heavy stone shot of from 200to 450 ft weight. The earliest known representation of a gun in England iscontained in an illuminated manuscript De Officiis Regum at Christ Church, Oxford, of the time of Edward II. (1326).This clearly shows a knight in armour firing a short primitiveweapon shaped something like a vase and loaded with an in-cendiary arrow. This type of gun was a muzzle loader with avent channel a
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . tguns were small and vase shaped; towards the end they hadbecome of huge dimensions firing heavy stone shot of from 200to 450 ft weight. The earliest known representation of a gun in England iscontained in an illuminated manuscript De Officiis Regum at Christ Church, Oxford, of the time of Edward II. (1326).This clearly shows a knight in armour firing a short primitiveweapon shaped something like a vase and loaded with an in-cendiary arrow. This type of gun was a muzzle loader with avent channel at the breech end. There seems to be undoubtedevidence that in 1338 there existed breech-loading guns of bothiron and brass, provided with one or more movable chambersto facilitate loading (Proc. R. A. I., vol. iv. p. 291). These fire-arms were evidently very small, as only 2 lb of gunpowderwere provided for firing 48 arrows, or about seven-tenths of anounce for each charge. The great Bombarde of Ghent, called Dulle Griete (fig. 1)is believed to belong to the end of the century, probably about. Fig. 1.—Dulle Griete, Ghent. 1382, and, according to the Guide des voyageurs dans la ville 2Cand (Voisin) the people of Ghent used it in 1411. This gun. 190 ORDNANCE [HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION
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