Beschreibung:

Viking Sword with Long Fuller Mid 10th-early 11th century AD A long double cutting Sword, the blade finely tapered and beautifully proportioned, thin in section with an ovoid transition type pommel; the blade carries its central fuller on each side, occupying about half of the blade width; the tang is of remarkable robust character, in such a way giving great strength to the hilt which is characterised by a strong cross-guard. 1.29 kg, 90.5cm (35 5/8"). Fine condition. Provenance Property of a Suffolk collector; formerly acquired on the European art market in the 1990s; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato Literature See J Oakeshott, R.E., Sword in the Age of Chivalry, London,1964; Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum Mainz, Das Reich der Salier, Sigmaringen, 1992; Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002; Aleksić, M., Mediaeval Swords from Southeastern Europe, Material from 12th to 15th Century, Belgrade, 2007; the sword finds good parallels in various similar late 10th - early 11th century age specimens; a very similar sword can be found in the Glasgow museum (Oakeshott, 1964, pl.IC), and two very similar models although with inscriptions are published by Peirce in his valuable work (Peirce, 2002, pp.122-125); this kind of sword found also parallels in models coming from the territories of the Holy German Roman Empire of the Salii, like a sword of unknown provenance preserved in Komarno (Bohemia), and