A cup hilt sword ... atypical

[fernando]

I would say atypical in what concerns an unusual set of dimensions.
The bowl is extremely small, with its 11 cms. The quillons are consistent with the bowl, measuring 18 cms.
Just for comparison, the opposite situation that i know (and have) is a bowl with 18 cms with quillons of 32 cms.
But what makes it more 'unique' is that the blade, on the contrary, is of the largest type around, with its 43 mms. However unusually short, with only 69 cms.
It sure is not a random set up; where this came from, there is another one with an even smaller bowl, although with a more proportional blade, but still with a similar approach.
Judging by the blade, this must be a XVII century sword, with the known inscription MIN SINAL HES EL SANTISSIMO CRUCIFICIO.
The grip appears to be horn. Some residual mark in the pommel reveals that it has once had the knucleguard srewed to it and was later modified to the welding mode; in the period, i would say.


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