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Originally Posted by Teisani
Oh, and a possible period depiction of a S-quilloned sabre can be found here:
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Very interesting and not one I have seen before. Thanks for sharing so much in this excellent thread!
There are a number of artworks from around 1470-1510, from Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia, that show very well this distinctive Southeastern-European style of hilt, mostly on straight-bladed swords. The Austrian image database is a good resource for this:
https://www.imareal.sbg.ac.at/en/realonline/