Forum: European Armoury
15th March 2023, 02:24 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
15th March 2023, 02:23 AM
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Here is another distinctive sword in the...
Here is another distinctive sword in the Hungarian National Museum. The oblong octagonal pommel is similar to previous examples, but of higher quality with an inset emblem (possibly a coin?). The...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th March 2023, 01:35 AM
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I found it! Source is here...
I found it! Source is here (file:///C:/Users/Mark/Downloads/acta_iuvenum_sectio_archeologica_i.pdf), the sword is in the Jósa András Museum, in Hungary. Very typical features overall, though the...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2023, 01:26 AM
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I was already intending to post about no. 2633...
I was already intending to post about no. 2633 next, as it has some other different but distinct features. The pommel is generally similar to previous examples, but octagonal instead of square. The...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2023, 01:12 AM
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Great! Helpful photos for comparison. So much...
Great! Helpful photos for comparison. So much information to find in old articles - thanks for sharing. Probably the most comprehensive piece in English is David Alexander's two-part "European swords...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 10:40 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2023, 07:01 PM
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The Russian article that I pulled the images of...
The Russian article that I pulled the images of Stephen's coins is here (https://www.e-anthropology.com/English/Catalog/History/STM_DWL_0AGM_NvriBGjAK733.aspx)... maybe they say something about the...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st March 2023, 09:16 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2023, 11:33 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2023, 11:31 PM
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The sword of Stephen the Great is preserved in...
The sword of Stephen the Great is preserved in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, along with two others of exactly the same type that surely come from the same workshop. On one of these the pommel...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2023, 11:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2023, 11:25 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th February 2023, 11:24 PM
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Late medieval swords from Southeastern Europe
Inspired by this thread (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10450) on Wallachian swords, I'd like to expand the discussion to Southeastern Europe as a whole, and cover the interesting and...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2023, 09:44 PM
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I can comment on this, and share more of the...
I can comment on this, and share more of the information I have collected on the interesting features that appear in late medieval swords from Southeastern Europe... maybe in a new thread to focus on...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th February 2023, 07:51 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th February 2023, 12:37 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th February 2023, 01:01 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th February 2023, 01:32 PM
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The style of decoration, with many small studs...
The style of decoration, with many small studs covering almost every surface, goes back much earlier in the 16th century. It can be seen in a number of Spanish, Italian, and French portraits - below...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2023, 04:47 PM
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The shooting star is, I think, an elaborated...
The shooting star is, I think, an elaborated variant of the engraved ornament appearing on the ricasso of many type XIX blades. Many of these are Italian (or Italianate), and the ornament first...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th January 2023, 11:48 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th January 2023, 02:09 AM
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I can only guess the same as you do. Western...
I can only guess the same as you do. Western artistic depictions can't be taken too literally since the Ottomans were unfamiliar and exotic enemies. Probably there was some general understanding that...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th January 2023, 02:48 PM
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Daniel Hopfer made a number of engravings...
Daniel Hopfer made a number of engravings (particularly of landsknechts) that were based on prints of Schön and others, sometimes combining figures from different artists into a new composition. So...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th January 2023, 12:41 AM
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I think this particular illustration must have...
I think this particular illustration must have been modeled on a print of Turkish riders by Erhard Schön, made around 1530, and I think I recognize some of the other illustrations as well. Prints...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd January 2023, 01:24 AM
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Thank you for sharing this interesting find!
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Thank you for sharing this interesting find!
In my opinion, the pommel can be classified as Oakeshott's sub-type E1, a late variant of the old brazil-nut form, that can be seen in Naumburg as...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2022, 06:08 PM
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I think the museum and publications have only...
I think the museum and publications have only dated it as 14th century. I would guess earlier in the century rather than later. Picture is from the article "Középkorikardok a Székely Nemzeti Múzeum...
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