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A Rare Sword Of Viking Type With Sinigelrinis InscriptionMid-10th To Mid-11th Century
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Find your local specialistA Rare Sword Of Viking Type With Sinigelrinis Inscription
Mid-10th To Mid-11th Century
Mid-10th To Mid-11th Century
89.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
Provenance:
Frank Unrath Collection
Oakeshott's Type X. For a related sword with an Ulfberht inscription see Ian Peirce, Swords Of The Viking Age, 2002, pp. 124-125
The inscription is thought to be a rare variation on the well-known Ingelvii group. For what appears to be the only other recorded example see Alfred Geibig, Beiträge zur Morphologischen Entwicklung des Schwertes I'm Mittelalter: Eine Analyse des Fundmaterials von ausgehenden 8. bis sum 12. Jahrhundert aus Sammlungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1991, p. 124
For a synopsis of Geibig's work and a further analytical study of the subject see Micheal R. Gorman, 'Ulfbrecht: Innovation and Imitation in Early Medieval Swords', The Sixteenth Park Lane Arms Fair Guide, February 1999, pp. 7-12




