Arab Archery, An Arabic Manuscript Of About A.D. 1500: A Book On The Excellence Of The Bow And Arrow And The Description Thereof Review

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Arab Archery, An Arabic Manuscript Of About A.D. 1500: A Book On The Excellence Of The Bow And Arrow And The Description Thereof ReviewThe one real negative, which anyone who owns other Kessinger Publishing books should come to expect, is that the text is a copy from either the original source, or as is the case here, from a translation published in 1940 or 1945 (not sure which). Some of these books have better quality print than others, and I would say this book is overall very good.
The worst quality is probably the images you can't really see on p41 showing the Turkish bow & siper, and a demonstration of the "63" lock, and again on p97 showing knots, and the image of bows is about 45% visible. The Arabic finger reckoning image and the "6-different draws (locks) are great. The rest of the text is quite clear. Here is an interesting quote:
On p26 it says, "The archer can determine the weight of his bow in several ways. One way is to take his bow, brace it, grasp the grip with his left hand, hold the string with the index, middle, and ring finger of his right hand, and then draw the string up to the elbow of the left arm. Next, release the ring finger and continue to draw until the full length of the arrow is drawn. If he can hold the drawn bow without shaking or trembling or straining, this will be the limit of his own draw and the one fit for aiming and shooting. If, on the other hand, at the release of the ring finger, his hand should shake and tremble and be unable to draw the string to the full arrow length, then the bow is a heavier one than he can handle."
There are 47 chapters and the table of contents includes:
1) On the Holy War and Service of Archery Therein
2) The Excellence of the Arab Bow
3) Different kinds of Bows
4) Nomenclature
5) On the Master Archers
6) Principles of Loosing
7) Determining Various Factors of the Bow
8) Bracing
9) Curvature
10) Draws & Locks
11) Aiming & Releasing
12) Injuries & Treatment
13) Corrections
14) Causing the Arrow to Move in Flight
15) Wind
16) Strings
17) Arrows, Targets, Accessories
There's a lot more but that's the basics. This book is excellent for anyone interested in traditional archery or looking for primary source information on old world archery.Arab Archery, An Arabic Manuscript Of About A.D. 1500: A Book On The Excellence Of The Bow And Arrow And The Description Thereof OverviewThis book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

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