Dated 1595 with an inlay in its lower part, opposite to the backsight, this crossbow has a large inlaid decoration along its entire central body; it has large geometric fret-pattern decorations and leafy motifs engraved on the bone inlays, which are onto the high and low polished parts. These last are a counterpart to the rich anthropomorphic figures and to the architectural festoons placed on its sides, which resemble the drawings used for iron-perforated and embossed decorations. Those decorations, applied on the most important weapons of the seventeenth century, will reach their height a hundred years later in a decorative current, known as Baroque. Finally, this work is equipped with forged iron and turned wood loading jack; this was a very rare accessory, as these objects were often lost or replaced over the centuries.
