Thank you so much, Cornelis,
I am much flattered (and a bit flattened as well
) to hear that Ewart Oakeshott interpreted the stylistic late Gothic and Early Renaissance developments quite the way I have come to do by experience that includes, besides weapons, all kinds of work of art.
How would you date the light Italian sword the hilt of which resembles those illustrated on the Pavia painting?
Best wishes,
Michael