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15th to 16th centuries
Iron, forgingIron, forging
length 155 cm, 60 mm calibre
The round barrel is reinforced with nine iron rings. The extension of the barrel at the back is a frame (chamber) to which a pan was fitted, holding gunpowder for firing the cannonball. The bottom of the last ring has a forked wedge for placing the cannon on the city wall. The lock plate is decorated with engraved zigzag lines. The mark XXL is engraved on the barrel.
Donated by the Zagreb Chapter at the end of the 19th century. Found at the bishop's town in Zagreb.
M. Sercer, Seljacka buna 1573, (exhibition catalogue), Zagreb, 1973;
M. Sercer, Oruzje u proslosti, Zagreb, 1980.
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