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A Fine North European Medieval Knightly Sword Of Oakeshott Type XaMid-13th Century
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Mid-13th Century
Mid-13th Century
80.3 cm. blade
Footnotes
Provenance:
Peter Finer catalogue 2003, no. 5
Heavy arming swords of this type are depicted in various 13th century sources including the Maciejowski Bible of circa 1250, where they are shown splitting helmets and mail. Another example of the type is carved on a sandstone effigial slab of circa 1280, from the tomb of Friehrr Ulrich von Regensburg and now in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich (no. LM6748)
The pommel conforms to Oakeshott's Type D with quillons of Style 2. For more information see Ewart Oakeshott, The Sword In The Age Of Chivalry, 1964, pp. 89-90, pl. 2A; and H. Schneider & K.S. Stuber, Waffen im Schweizerisches Landesmuseum - Griffwaffen I, 1980, no. 20




