Don't think this has been posted here before-- ploughing, hearsing, sowing, and slinging on a marginal scene from the post-1066 embroidery

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...and just to scare away the birds from the seeds, not for military purpose this time. In contrast to the sword, the sling does not even have to change its shape to become an instrument of peace and welfare. :)

It's difficult to figure out what style the farmer is using. My guess is a very cool underhand with knees bent like in bowling. But it probably could be anything else, as well.

Yes, our history lecturer showed us the bottom right corner of this a few weeks ago and my heart lept when he spoke of slings for a few seconds;)

kbear wrote on May 30^th, 2009 at 12:25am:

Yes, our history lecturer showed us the bottom right corner of this a few weeks ago and my heart lept when he spoke of slings for a few seconds;)

Thats the stuff of dreams! im still ever long waiting for my teacher/s to say the word 'sling'.

Nice representation of a sling, too: accurately long cords, cupped pouch.

Medieval images are usually underrated. There is usually much more in them than "naive" or "primitive" depiction. We must and learn to read them.

Camo-sling wrote on May 30^th, 2009 at 3:56am:

kbear wrote on May 30th, 2009 at 12:25am: Yes, our history lecturer showed us the bottom right corner of this a few weeks ago and my heart lept when he spoke of slings for a few seconds;) Thats the stuff of dreams! im still ever long waiting for my teacher/s to say the word 'sling'.

me too!

Fundibularius wrote on May 29^th, 2009 at 6:24pm:

...and just to scare away the birds from the seeds, not for military purpose this time. In contrast to the sword, the sling does not even have to change its shape to become an instrument of peace and welfare. :) It's difficult to figure out what style the farmer is using. My guess is a very cool underhand with knees bent like in bowling. But it probably could be anything else, as well.

I agree, most likely underarm. Look at the position of the pouch itself, open to the top wth the release cord forward; typical of basic underarm.

Aussie wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2009 at 9:08am:

Fundibularius wrote on May 29th, 2009 at 6:24pm: ...and just to scare away the birds from the seeds, not for military purpose this time. In contrast to the sword, the sling does not even have to change its shape to become an instrument of peace and welfare. :) It's difficult to figure out what style the farmer is using. My guess is a very cool underhand with knees bent like in bowling. But it probably could be anything else, as well. I agree, most likely underarm. Look at the position of the pouch itself, open to the top wth the release cord forward; typical of basic underarm.

I concur!

It could just as easily be sidearm.

Not Comanche or Apache, that's for sure  ;)

David Morningstar wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2009 at 5:01pm:

It could just as easily be sidearm.

I think that it might be underhand because of the way he's leaning. When I sling sidearm, I tend to step forward more than when I sling underhand. It seems to me that leaning backwards would mach better with underhand. Just my opinion though. :)

I wonder how they did Fig. VIII at the time... before using Arabic numerals.

Does anyone know if the slinger depicted on this panel is Norman or Saxon?

Hi

I don't know but the slinger fron this picture is saxon and throws in a very simillar style.

http://www.vikingsword.com/laking/lak001a.html

http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1075821206/29#29

You can see even details of the sling construction.

Greetings

Nice picture!!!

http://passerelles.bnf.fr/dossier/maison_rurale_01.php

BNF is the French National Library.
In this text, it said that children frighted or killed crows during the adults sowed the seeds.

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