Medieval Single-Handed Sword Mid 11th-mid 13th century AD A Western Middle Age iron sword of Oakeshott Type XI or XII, with two-edged blade, gently tapering profile with round point, shallow fuller, parallel-sided straight lower guard (cross style 1), medium tang and disc pommel (type H) with chamfered sides; well-balanced in hand and beautifully proportioned. 1.3 kg, 96cm (37 1/2"). Fine condition, repaired. Provenance From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato Literature See Oakeshott, E., The sword in the Age of the Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1964 (1994); Dufty, A.R., European swords and daggers at the tower of London,London,1974; Oakeshott, E. Records of the Medieval Sword,Woodbridge, 1991.
Medieval Single-Handed Sword Mid 11th-mid 13th century AD A Western Middle Age iron sword of Oakeshott Type XI or XII, with two-edged blade, gently tapering profile with round point, shallow fuller, parallel-sided straight lower guard (cross style 1), medium tang and disc pommel (type H) with chamfered sides; well-balanced in hand and beautifully proportioned. 1.3 kg, 96cm (37 1/2"). Fine condition, repaired. Provenance From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato Literature See Oakeshott, E., The sword in the Age of the Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1964 (1994); Dufty, A.R., European swords and daggers at the tower of London,London,1974; Oakeshott, E. Records of the Medieval Sword,Woodbridge, 1991.
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