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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 08:04 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd February 2021, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
A truly excelent enlightening of this issue,...A truly excelent enlightening of this issue, Mark. Thanks much for sharing. I have tried to keep a close picture of Dom Fernando's sword in Granada but the security guy demanded that i deleted it... |
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd February 2021, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd February 2021, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
I don't think at all that this would have been...I don't think at all that this would have been the case, given their identity. From top to bottom: the sword of King Fernando, the Catholic, in the Cathedral of Granada; another of Fernando’ swords,... |
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd February 2021, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
Looks like the Spaniards give a better account of...Looks like the Spaniards give a better account of their sister pattern high end examples. But you now, a larger country, larger museums, greater rust degradations, larger burial sites ... and... |
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd February 2021, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
You tell me Bruno, once my previous guessings...You tell me Bruno, once my previous guessings (#25) were not plausible. We should regard the examples represented in the tapistries with some uniformity of style, perhaps the result of their... |
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd February 2021, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
Great example, Bruno.
Also in the famous Pastrana...Great example, Bruno. Also in the famous Pastrana tapestries, commissioned by King Dom Afonso V, to celebrate conquests in African territory (Arzila, Tangiers) we can see, among plenty weaponry... |
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Forum: European Armoury
21st February 2021, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
Bruno, i certainly disagree with your...Bruno, i certainly disagree with your disagreement, but i agree that we better cease this 'colateral' discussion. As for surviving swords of the period, this is a wonder; they are made of... |
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Forum: European Armoury
21st February 2021, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
Elementary, my dear Wayne :D.
Actually, either...Elementary, my dear Wayne :D. Actually, either the artist made an error of perspective (which i would doubt) or the hypothetical distance between the spare arrows and his hidden hand is far too long;... |
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Forum: European Armoury
21st February 2021, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
Posted By
fernando
If a later theory appointed for the panels to...If a later theory appointed for the panels to represent the symbolic (in absency) Christian funeral of the Infant Dom Fernando, who died captive in Fez in 1443, this would then re-date of panels from... |
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Forum: European Armoury
21st February 2021, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
Posted By
fernando
Maybe he has his own style to hang the the...Maybe he has his own style to hang the the quiver; like on his right chest ;). I would forget all those technicalities if it were possible to ask the guy to turn around and show us the whole scene... |
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Forum: European Armoury
20th February 2021, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
Amazing Bruno; the discussion based in a few...Amazing Bruno; the discussion based in a few swords, looking well, this work comprises quite an arsenal of weapons. . |
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Forum: European Armoury
20th February 2021, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
Posted By
fernando
As i see, Udo, a style of sword used both in the...As i see, Udo, a style of sword used both in the Peninsula as also in Italy, in the second half XV century. In those days sword styles had much in common among such nations, namely by navigators. |
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Forum: European Armoury
20th February 2021, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
As i suggested in my previous post, Bruno;...As i suggested in my previous post, Bruno; " In reality only one personality is unanimously identified in the panels, Henri the Navigator; and even that is not 100% granted for some " I thought i... |
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Forum: European Armoury
20th February 2021, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
Jim, as already 'lightly' approached, this...Jim, as already 'lightly' approached, this renaissance huge polyptych (six yards wide) comprises a set of six panels attributed to Nuno Gonçalves, painter and Knight of the royal house of King Dom... |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2021, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
This iconographic and enigmatic work has been...This iconographic and enigmatic work has been subject, now during a century, to a number of different interpretations, some with rather opposite assumptions. In reality only one personality is... |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2021, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
An accurate two handed sword, by same Gregorio...An accurate two handed sword, by same Gregorio Lopes. . |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2021, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
You would be surprised at what artists can do,...You would be surprised at what artists can do, Bruno ;) . (Gregorio Lopes, XVI century). . |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2021, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 676
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fernando
These are said to actually being regarded as...These are said to actually being regarded as faithful examples of our period swords; the wealthy owners adorned versions, of course ;). I don't think these painted examples were 'portraits' of... |
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Forum: European Armoury
19th February 2021, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,013
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fernando
Thank you Jim, for confirming my previous notes...Thank you Jim, for confirming my previous notes (#13) in that these swords followed end XVIII century characteristics. It is obvious that they were not developed for combat purposes, as they were not... |
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Forum: European Armoury
18th February 2021, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,013
Posted By
fernando
Dear Mark, the article author desn't mention that...Dear Mark, the article author desn't mention that these swords were 'copied' from those of other nations but that they have 'characteristics in common'. You may take your guess. Here you have in... |
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Forum: European Armoury
17th February 2021, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,013
Posted By
fernando
You're welcome, Captain,
I guess i could have...You're welcome, Captain, I guess i could have shown you my (ex) other one ... . |
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Forum: European Armoury
17th February 2021, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,013
Posted By
fernando
I would say so as well, Mark. This pattern was in...I would say so as well, Mark. This pattern was in use both in civilan as also military swords of the last quarter XVIII century. These later inspired model 1806 pattern Portuguese officers sword. In... |
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Forum: European Armoury
16th February 2021, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 99
Views: 1,986
Posted By
fernando
Many many of pieces came out from Liege; the...Many many of pieces came out from Liege; the best ... and the worst. I have had both. . |
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Forum: European Armoury
16th February 2021, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 99
Views: 1,986
Posted By
fernando
Rick, i have visited a zillion sources over this...Rick, i have visited a zillion sources over this thread by the time; to find the one where i have (thought) i read mentioning such particular, would be like a needle in a haystack. Perhaps i have... |
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