Jack Loomes
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Post by Jack Loomes on Jul 20, 2014 10:47:18 GMT
Editor's Note: Accompanying text translated from Italian by Google.Description: Straight blade with two wires slightly converging towards the tip, shelled at the center for almost the entire length except at the tip; iron hilt with straight arms, faces downward and slightly pointed at the ends, apple-shaped to almost circular flat faces; handle with leather upholstery, restoration. Notes Type XII. See R. Ewart Oakeshott, The Sword in the Age of Chivalry Lutterworth Press, London, 1964. Specimens similar to Tables 6-8. Length 95.5 cm 2500.00 € | € 3,000.00 For more information on Type XII Swords see this extract from Ewart Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword: sword-site.com/thread/127/oakeshott-type-records-medieval-swordSource: www.czernys.com/auctions_lot.php?oggetto=51946&asta=45
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