Ein Baiver in Viscjen. A Peasant in Vizcaya.

from Hans Weigel's 'Habitus Praecipuorum Populorum ... das ist Trachtenbuch, Nuremburg, 1577'


Plate 156: Basque Crossbowman
A peasant from Vizcaya; whole-length figure, walking to left; wearing a short shirt with pointed hood and boots; carrying a cross-bow and arrows.


See also Ottoman Illustrations by Weigel
Renaissance Spanish by George Gush
Other Spanish & North African Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers







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