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A Medieval Sword Of Oakeshott Type XVIII
First Half Of The 14th Century

28 November 2012, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Medieval Sword Of Oakeshott Type XVIII
First Half Of The 14th Century

In excavated condition, with long tapering double-edged blade of flattened ovoidal section, hilt comprising long quillons of slightly tapering rectangular section, long flat tapering tang, and large wheel pommel
100 cm. blade, 126.8 cm. overall

Footnotes

Provenance:
Acquired from Robert-Jean Charles, Paris, September 1955

Literature:
Hoffmeyer, cat. no. 45, pp. 35, 76 and 78, figs. 7 and 17

Quillons of similar form (Oakeshott's Style I) are first found in Viking graves of the 10th Century and were referred to by the Vikings as 'Gaddhjalt' (spike-hilt)

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