Използвано ли е огнестрелно оръжие при обсадата на Никопол (10–25 септември 1396 г.)?
Was firearm used in the siege of Nicopolis (September 10–25, 1396)?

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to overcome the prevailing view in historiography about the nature of siege technology, and in particular the fire artillery used in the siege of the city of Nicopolis on the eve of the battle of September 25, 1396. To this end, the author analyses the information from chapters 391 and 392 of the “Chronicles” of Giovanni Sercambi of Lucca and the illustration there, showing a shooting cannon (bombard). The sources of the information and the images are considered and a high assessment of their reliability is given. In comparative terms, special attention is paid to the symbolism of the flags and weapons in the Ottoman camp. A translation of two versions of one and the same passage from Jean Froissart’s “Chronicles” has been proposed. One of them explicitly states the role of artillery in the siege of the Nicopolis fortress.

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