Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - 15th to 16th Century North Italian Edged Weapons and Their Marks

Jim McDougall · 5th October 2009, 11:10 PM

Bellisimo Maestro!!!!

Michael, welcome back!! Its so good to have you posting again, and thank you for sharing these important details from this hard to acquire book.
It is truly amazing to see how widely the influence of these Italian arms travelled, and how many of these weapons, such as the schiavona developed.
The cinqueda has always been an incredibly intriguing weapon, and it is said that the distinctive pommel of the koummya in Morocco and Algeria derived from those of the cinqueda, probably from early Venetian trade on the North African littoral.
There is clearly a wealth of detail on these markings as well, and thank you for pointing out the 'E' marking, small but profoundly important as its placement on not only the cinqueda but firearms suggests.

Very, very nicely done !

All the best,
Jim

P.S. I'd never sell my copy either!!!!

5th October 2009, 11:10 PM	#15
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,192	Bellisimo Maestro!!!! Michael, welcome back!! Its so good to have you posting again, and thank you for sharing these important details from this hard to acquire book. It is truly amazing to see how widely the influence of these Italian arms travelled, and how many of these weapons, such as the schiavona developed. The cinqueda has always been an incredibly intriguing weapon, and it is said that the distinctive pommel of the koummya in Morocco and Algeria derived from those of the cinqueda, probably from early Venetian trade on the North African littoral. There is clearly a wealth of detail on these markings as well, and thank you for pointing out the 'E' marking, small but profoundly important as its placement on not only the cinqueda but firearms suggests. Very, very nicely done ! All the best, Jim P.S. I'd never sell my copy either!!!!