. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history -- Periodicals; Essex County (Mass. ) -- History Periodicals. [Fig. 51. Grecian. liueation of an archer is given. The bow-hand is so well drawn that one is almost inclined to imagine that some mechanical device for releasing the arrow is intended by the curious representation of the shaft-hand (Fig. 52). Three other curious releases are shown in Figs. 53, 54 and. Fig. 52. Etruscan. 55, the latter copied from a Greek vase (black figures on red) supposed to be of the sixth century B. C. All these, though incorrectly represented,

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. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history -- Periodicals; Essex County (Mass. ) -- History Periodicals. [Fig. 51. Grecian. liueation of an archer is given. The bow-hand is so well drawn that one is almost inclined to imagine that some mechanical device for releasing the arrow is intended by the curious representation of the shaft-hand (Fig. 52). Three other curious releases are shown in Figs. 53, 54 and. Fig. 52. Etruscan. 55, the latter copied from a Greek vase (black figures on red) supposed to be of the sixth century B. C. All these, though incorrectly represented, are probably intended for the tertiary release. Fig. 56 is copied from a figure given in Auserleseue Vaserbilder, representing a Greek vase of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Essex Institute. Salem, Mass. , Essex Institute

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