Crossbowman

[MarcoP]

I think, the sagittarius -crossbowman keeps his crossbow just like these:

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Thank you Searcher!
I am ignorant of crossbows, but I would say this guy is putting an arrow on a loaded crossbow?
Or is he doing something different?

This is also in line with what Anton wrote: you hold the weapon with your left hand and operate it with your right.

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PS: of course medieval images of people loading crossbows, or doing whatever this guy is doing, would be welcome

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Here there are a few interesting images. I would say that the crossbow is loaded, and then an arrow is placed on it.
This guy is holding the arrow between his teeth:


Here, one can see that the loading crossbow has no arrow, while one that is ready to shoot obviously has one on it: