Oakeshott type XIIIa sold at christies 1984.
 

Oakeshott type XIIIa sold at christies 1984.
This sword is illustrated in “sword in hand” as a type 13a fig 69 and the same fig 83 as a type XIIA .
It seems to be the same sword.
May be somebody has explanation for it and also may be better pictures from both swords.

Best

CERJAK

The mystery continues
 

Well, clearly the same sword. I did not see it pictured in the Christie's London 1984 catalogs upon quick perusal. Sword in Hand was a nicely cleaned up version of a series of articles in The Gun Report that represented an updating of material from The Archaeology of Weapons. Looking at the original magazine the caption for what becomes fig. 83 is "A typical sword of Type XIIIA"; the next illustration of another sword gives the Burrell collection attribution in both versions (magazine and book). The same sword shows up again in Records (XIIIa 12) as "Collection: Private".

There are a lot of confusing references and captions in Oakeshott's books unfortunately...

This particular sword came up for auction a few years ago, and I believe it has made its way into the collection of a fellow forum member. The photo is from the recent exhibition in Solingen.

The lot number is 119; as it happens, lot 120 is also shown in Sword in Hand as fig. 14.

http://www.thomasdelmar.com/Catalogu...209/page4.html

Most interesting
 

Description from Thomas Del Mar sale (9 Dec 2009):[/I]
Not described as 'composite' in the 1983 catalog or in the Sword - Form and Thought catalog where it is #18 and passes Peter Johnsson's proportional measurements.

So the attribution to Burrell Collection was a typo and the sale date was a year earlier.

Hello Reventlov
Thank you very much for the quick answer .this blade with 2 fullers is very similar than my sword Medieval sword of type XIII A with with latten-inlaid decorations
Best
Cerjak

Hello Lee
Thank you for this extra information
Best
Cerjak

No problem! It is definitely an important comparison for your sword. It can also be added to the list of swords with the heart-over-cross mark; the mark is just visible at the bottom of the photo.

Jean-Luc,

as you probably know, the sword is in my collection, I think I already posted a thread about this sword! please look under threads cornelistromp.

what do you exactly want to know?

best,
jasper

ps it was on loan to the Klingenmuseum in Solingen last year.

ah here is my thread from 2009;

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11231

Hi jasper
I have never seen your post from 2009 before and It was only when reading the comments from Lee and Reventlov that I understood that you are the lucky owner of this beautifull sword.I have been looking for pictures for this sword because the pictures "In sword In hand "are realy poor to compare blade ,quillions
And latten with my sword.
Both swords are with similar blade geometry with double fuller over nearly half its length also the latten-inlaid a an heart mark and at last a straight quillons of circular section with trumpet-shaped terminals
So it would be interesting to see this two swords together .
Best
Jean-Luc

Hi Jean Luc,

yes of course we can do that some day.

best,
Jasper