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A Medieval Sword Of Oakeshott Type XVLate 14th/Early 15th Century, Possibly French Or English
28 November 2012, 11:00 GMT
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Late 14th/Early 15th Century, Possibly French Or English
Late 14th/Early 15th Century, Possibly French Or English
In excavated condition, with sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, hilt comprising slightly downcurved flat tapering quillons with downbent bluntly-pointed tips, flat tapering tang, and chamfered wheel pommel encircled by a medial groove
80 cm. blade, 98 cm. overall
80 cm. blade, 98 cm. overall
Footnotes
Provenance;
Found in the River Seine by Castle Montreux in 1906
Acquired from Robert-Jean Charles, Paris, 1937
Literature;
Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, Middelalderens tveæggede Sværd, 1954, vol. II, pp. 25 and 95, pl. 29a
Hoffmeyer, cat. no. 59, pp. 35, 84 and 85, figs. 7 and 21
For another example formerly in the collection of Sir Edward Barry and now in the Royal Armouries, Leeds, see Ewart Oakeshott, Records Of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 140, xva.1
Related examples are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Wallace Collection








