Norman Double-Edged Long Sword Late 11th-mid 13th century AD An iron double-edged sword of Oakeshott Type Xa with a thin, elegant blade allowing good handling, shallow fuller and battle signs to the blade; plain hilt with curved crossguard of Oakeshott style 9 variant and Brazil-nut pommel of type X. 682 grams, 93.5cm (36 3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance From a 1980s collection, acquired by the vendor’s family; thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato Literature See Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingsverd, Oslo,1919; Oakeshott, E., The Sword in the Age of the Chivalry, London, 1964 (1994); Oakeshott,E., Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991; the sword finds good parallels with various swords; for example a find from the river Great Ouse published by Oakeshott (1991, X.16, p.35), today in the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, UK. Footnotes The Brazil-nut shaped pommel can give some indication on the dating of the sword. Some interesting examples of swords Xa of different types are visible in the works of some of the Rhenish artists who produced many fine small altars of engraved gilt-copper during the first half of the 12th century. One of them, today in the Victoria and Albert Museum, made by Rodkerus of Helmeshausen in 1118 AD, gives us several portrayals of X-type pommels (Oakeshott, 1994, fig. 50 p. 85). In these scenes, which decorate the panels forming the sides and ends of this altar (the martyrdom of Paul and the baptism and death of Centurio Cornelius) several swords appear; all of their pommels are of the two X-types. In a group of three swords we can see the three basic styles of the Brazil-nut form together: the semi-circular one with a straight upper edge, the wide shallow form with upper and lower edges curved equally, and the short stubby type. This group alone is evidence enough that the semi-circular style was not a late development but was contemporary with all the others, including the newcomer pommel style of tea cosy form.
Norman Double-Edged Long Sword Late 11th-mid 13th century AD An iron double-edged sword of Oakeshott Type Xa with a thin, elegant blade allowing good handling, shallow fuller and battle signs to the blade; plain hilt with curved crossguard of Oakeshott style 9 variant and Brazil-nut pommel of type X. 682 grams, 93.5cm (36 3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance From a 1980s collection, acquired by the vendor’s family; thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato Literature See Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingsverd, Oslo,1919; Oakeshott, E., The Sword in the Age of the Chivalry, London, 1964 (1994); Oakeshott,E., Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991; the sword finds good parallels with various swords; for example a find from the river Great Ouse published by Oakeshott (1991, X.16, p.35), today in the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, UK. Footnotes The Brazil-nut shaped pommel can give some indication on the dating of the sword. Some interesting examples of swords Xa of different types are visible in the works of some of the Rhenish artists who produced many fine small altars of engraved gilt-copper during the first half of the 12th century. One of them, today in the Victoria and Albert Museum, made by Rodkerus of Helmeshausen in 1118 AD, gives us several portrayals of X-type pommels (Oakeshott, 1994, fig. 50 p. 85). In these scenes, which decorate the panels forming the sides and ends of this altar (the martyrdom of Paul and the baptism and death of Centurio Cornelius) several swords appear; all of their pommels are of the two X-types. In a group of three swords we can see the three basic styles of the Brazil-nut form together: the semi-circular one with a straight upper edge, the wide shallow form with upper and lower edges curved equally, and the short stubby type. This group alone is evidence enough that the semi-circular style was not a late development but was contemporary with all the others, including the newcomer pommel style of tea cosy form.
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