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Hi,
I am looking for à picture of à ballock type of dagger with gryphon cross terminals. Can anybody help? Best regards, |
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similar to this one.
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Hi Cornelis,
I regret not being able to offer the 'real thing' but hope that two similar, though heavily stylized, quillon finials on Landsknecht swords will provide a bit of additional backup information (the painting dated 1452, the sword ca. 1530). Please cf. my thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...0&page=1&pp=30 If my scanner were not on strike I would post very similar gryhon quillons from a (composite) Landsknecht sword illustrated in Heinz R. Uhlemann: Kostbare Blankwaffen aus dem Deutschen Klingenmuseum Solingen, 1968, p. 49. Best, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 3rd January 2011 at 08:07 PM. |
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Hi Michael,
thank you for your always valuable feedback. it is always very nice to see arm details back in art and architecture. re:the finals of the sword of Klemens Thasche of p.49 are those not horseheads i/o gryphons? kind regards, |
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Hi Cornelis,
Thank you so much for your kind lines! ![]() I surmised you owned that booklet. ![]() Good question - I'm not sure. The style is grotesquely zoomorphic and characteristically Gothic anyway, just like the gargoyles on Gothic cathedrals. They were the nearest I could get to 'gryphon heads', so - sorry if they don't perfectly match. ![]() Good night to the Netherlands and an obviously fine collection there, Michael |
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It is interesting how styles of beasties traverse the centuries. This one from the late 19th century but reminiscent of dirk quillion a century before that This one possibly arguable as the head of a porpoise and the ballock above quite canine.
Cheers GC |
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