‡ A MEDIEVAL HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, 15TH CENTURY ‡ A MEDIEVAL HAND-AND-A-HALF SW…

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‡ A MEDIEVAL HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, 15TH CENTURY

‡ A MEDIEVAL HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, 15TH CENTURY in excavated condition, with tapering broad double-edged blade formed with a short broad central fuller on each face and with traces of a latten-inlaid mark at the forte, iron hilt comprising ribbon-like quillons, one with a tightly curling thumb-ring beneath, and slightly compressed bevelled disc pommel, 84.0 cm blade Another sword of this distinctive form formerly preserved in the Ottoman Court Arsenal at Alexandria is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. See Oakeshott 1991, p. 204.

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‡ A MEDIEVAL HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, 15TH CENTURY

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