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30th April 2012, 06:50 PM
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Finally here is a piece of period artwork, by Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1510, illustrating an Italian type of Landsknecht saber with a three-fold pommel (Dreipassknauf), very similar to my piece.
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30th April 2012, 07:00 PM
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More on Landsknecht sabers of the 1520's to 1530's:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...507#post138507 |
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30th April 2012, 07:11 PM
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A very fine saber, with two-fold pommel, by Lucas Cranach the Younger, ca. 1540.
And another, with a messer type grip and pretzel quillons of ca. 1515-25, together with a ballock dagger; painted in traditional style by Pieter Aertsen, ca. 1560. m |
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30th April 2012, 11:25 PM
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Another historic record of an early Landsknecht sword featuring a three-fold shaped pommel, depicted as an auxiliary item of a combined arquebusier's and helbardier's armament (German Doppelsöldner, meaning that the mercenary was acknowledged to be especially qualified, armed - and of course: paid.
From Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vier Bücher der Ritterschaft, printed in 1511, fol. 170. m Last edited by Matchlock; 1st May 2012 at 12:10 AM. |
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