Late medieval swords from Southeastern Europe

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Originally Posted by Teisani

King Ulászló II grants CoA, 1500. Single fuller, rain guard and X pattern on the handle. Very Germanic?
Opinions? https://adatbazisokonline.mnl.gov.hu...s/adatlap/4103

Certainly the features of the hilt are very typical in Germany and adjacent lands at this time. For comparison, a Swiss painting in the Met of approximately the same date.


https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437770

Here is a contemporary painting, dated 1508 and by a Transylvanian artist, Vicentius of Hermannstadt (modern Sibiu). The S-shaped quillons are broad and probably grooved, as seen on these sabers posted earlier. The rainguard is the cuff-shaped type which seems to be relatively more common in the east.