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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th July 2017, 09:03 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
From the representation of Mongol and Manchu...

From the representation of Mongol and Manchu mounted warriors, I believed these bows were smaller to facilitate shooting from horseback. 1.70-1.80 mt is about the size of a English longbow, isn't it?...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2017, 11:21 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Thank you for your information, Mariusgmioc. Your...

Thank you for your information, Mariusgmioc. Your photos are valuable for a better knowledge of the Dha knife, and the measures are also valuable and usually infrequent. The holllow grounded blade is...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2017, 10:57 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
So? It is what I said before. Are you implying...

So? It is what I said before. Are you implying that the black sword influenced the development of Moroccan swords? Please read the serious works I referenced and stop copying pages from Wikipedia and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2017, 10:43 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
The baldric has nothing to do, since it was the...

The baldric has nothing to do, since it was the traditional way of the muslims to carry the sword.

And I didn't say anywhere that the nimcha evolved from the jineta. Please read more carefully and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2017, 04:59 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Salam aleikum, Ibrahiim. I believe that your...

Salam aleikum, Ibrahiim.
I believe that your sword and the jineta have a common ancestry in the "classic" muslim sword.

Regards
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2017, 04:54 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Ibrahiim, that description corresponds with the...

Ibrahiim, that description corresponds with the dressing sword of the Nasrid nobility. It was influenced by the original fighting jineta sword but they are not equal, as I said before, though they...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 11:10 PM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Thank you for you response, Mariusgmioc. I would...

Thank you for you response, Mariusgmioc. I would like to second Sajen to see the spine. What is the measure of thickness at the base of the spine, if my petiton does not give you much trouble?
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 09:38 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Apart from beign beautiful? What metal is...

Apart from beign beautiful?

What metal is made from the ferrule and the metallic parts of the scabbard? Is it silver, german silver or steel?

Regards
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 07:13 AM
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Views: 181,570
Posted By Gonzalo G
Interesting resemblance with a qattara in...

Interesting resemblance with a qattara in Mozarab-Spanish illustrations.

92a-b) Illustrations of ‘Sword of St. Peter’ and ‘Guards at the Holy Sepulche’ in the Avila Bible, Mozarab-Spanish 12-13...
Forum: European Armoury 27th July 2017, 07:02 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
I only want to place some references with respect...

I only want to place some references with respect of this sword. Carlos Travesedo y García Sancho, 26vo Conde de Valencia de Don Juan, in his Catálogo de la Real Armería de Madrid, Fototipias de...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:44 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
My hypotheses: the original Zenete-Jineta was not...

My hypotheses: the original Zenete-Jineta was not the type of dressing sword used by the Nasrid nobility. This last had a blade more in accord with the traditional muslim broadsword, except for the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:35 AM
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Views: 182,948
Posted By Gonzalo G
But it must be also noted that North Africa...

But it must be also noted that North Africa experimented a development in the production of arms and armour, as Nicolle and McBride write about this production in the 10th-11th Centuries:
“These...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:34 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Of course, the cultural interactions among the...

Of course, the cultural interactions among the Christian and Muslim worlds were strong, but not in the simplistic way the European-centered specialists have written about. It was not a matter of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:32 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
This sword has more taper, no central fuller and...

This sword has more taper, no central fuller and more space to place the index finger over the quillons and under the blade. This is one of the very few existing jineta fighting swords, so we don’t...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:30 AM
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Views: 182,948
Posted By Gonzalo G
The broadswords with downcurved quillons came to...

The broadswords with downcurved quillons came to the Iberic Peninsula since the early Muslim rule, as stated in the bibliography given by Marc, to which I add the study by Rafael Carmona Ávila,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:28 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Please take notice of the finial, and also the...

Please take notice of the finial, and also the type of quillons. They began to resemble those of the nimcha, or it is my imagination? More than any quillons in an European sword? Is there any...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:27 AM
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Views: 182,948
Posted By Gonzalo G
The finial of the late Nasrid sword could be a...

The finial of the late Nasrid sword could be a development of this type of pommel, from a sword hilt described as shared Mediterranean and Middle Eastern style, 11th Century, David Nicolle and Angus...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:22 AM
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Views: 182,948
Posted By Gonzalo G
Note the presence of the spherical pommel, not to...

Note the presence of the spherical pommel, not to be confused with a discoidal pommel, more common on the European swords. This pommel maybe will evolve to the more dome-shaped with a finial as in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:20 AM
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Views: 182,948
Posted By Gonzalo G
Take note of the quillons in the figure No.54,...

Take note of the quillons in the figure No.54, and see the similarities with the Qattara.
An image of the swords studied by Nicolle in this study on the page 154:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:17 AM
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Views: 182,948
Posted By Gonzalo G
In the early Islamic representations to at least...

In the early Islamic representations to at least the 13th Century, the curvature of the quillons is more moderate than the later Nasrd-Nasrid swords. Please see this illustrations from David Nicolle,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 06:14 AM
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Views: 182,948
Posted By Gonzalo G
As Marc rightly pointed out before, the swords...

As Marc rightly pointed out before, the swords with down curved quillons have an old Islamic provenance, and I quote:
"The down-turned quillons found on some medieval weapons and in medieval...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th July 2017, 08:56 AM
Replies: 107
Views: 181,570
Posted By Gonzalo G
Ok, I saw the link to that discussion. And your...

Ok, I saw the link to that discussion. And your post, three years latter. And your post over there answer my question. I just tried to know what is your opinion on the possible relation of both types...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th July 2017, 11:26 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 181,570
Posted By Gonzalo G
The origin of the jineta sword, or even most of...

The origin of the jineta sword, or even most of the sword types from the muslim area in the Iberic Peninsula, are not "Spanish", but have their origin in North Africa or possibly the Middle East, not...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th July 2017, 06:49 AM
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Views: 181,570
Posted By Gonzalo G
Swords of Boabdil (Muhammad XII, Emir of...

Swords of Boabdil (Muhammad XII, Emir of Granada). In front, his jineta sword, a broadsword from the 15th Century. Seems related to your sword in some way. But much adorned, as for an Emir.
Forum: European Armoury 14th July 2017, 07:50 PM
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Views: 12,875
Posted By Gonzalo G
Still, those sabers were not issued with a crown...

Still, those sabers were not issued with a crown stamped on the handguard, as far as I know. The fact that this item has the crown stamped, points to a cavalry unit assigned to escort a member of the...
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