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A Medieval Knightly Sword of Oakeshott Type XIIIb
Second Half Of The 14th Century
Second Half Of The 14th Century
89.5 cm. blade, 111.5 cm. overall
Footnotes
Similar hilts are found on most of the well-known swords with blades bearing Arabic inscriptions including the dates from 1367/8 to 1436/7. See D. Alexander, 'European Swords in the Collections of Istanbul. I. Swords from the Arsenal of Alexandria', Waffen-und Kostümkunde, 27 (1985), p. 81 and figs. 1-12, 20, 22, 24, 32, 38-40, 42 and 47-49
A related sword with a similar concentric circle mark on the blade is in the Kienbusch Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art. See Ewart Oakeshott, Records Of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 114, XIII G. 4
The quillons conform to Oakeshott's Style 5 with pommel of Type J








