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A Very Rare Medieval Knightly Sword Of Oakeshott Type XIIILate 13th/Early 14th Century, Probably Italian
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A Very Rare Medieval Knightly Sword Of Oakeshott Type XIII
Late 13th/Early 14th Century, Probably Italian
Late 13th/Early 14th Century, Probably Italian
83.5 cm. blade, 110 cm. overall
Footnotes
For a very similar sword with nashk inscription recording its entry into the Arsenal in the frontier city of Alexandria at the time of al-Malik Abu Nasr Shaikh al-Mu'ayyad in the year 818 A.H. (1415 A.D.), see Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour ..., 20 November 1991, lot 36
See also David Oliver, 'Some European Knightly Swords from the Arsenal of Alexandria', The Sixteenth Park Lane Arms Fair Guide, 1999, pp. 13-24; Clive Thomas, 'A Distinctive Group of Sword from the Arsenal of Alexandria', ibid, 2003; idem, 'The Medieval Swords of Leeds Castle, ibid, 2005, pp. 10-29; and Stuart W. Pyhrr, 'The Ottoman Arsenal in Hagia Eirene: Some Early Photographs and Visitor's Accounts', ibid, 2007, pp. 29-46
Saleroom notices
Provenance: August Dorgerloh (1819-1901) a famous art collector of the time from Gablauken, Eastern Prussia. Following his death he left his collection to the Konigsberg Academy of Art It appears that the Ottoman (St Irene) arsenal mark has been added at a later date








