Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Katzbalgers and Related Landsknecht Swords

Matchlock · 29th June 2012, 09:52 PM

Close-ups from a painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger, dated 1584, in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg.
The arms and armor are of course depicted in the old traditional style of the 1540's.

As in several other instances of contemporary illustrative sources of period artwork, the artist even considered depicting the characteristic cross and orb mark - plus, near the tip, a typical wavy, serpent-like ornament - on the blade of the saber!!!

Please note that the hilts of both arms are blackened!

Author's photos, 1995.

See also
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...714#post141714

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29th June 2012, 09:52 PM	#363
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Landsknecht Sword and Saber, Dated 1584 Close-ups from a painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger, dated 1584, in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg. The arms and armor are of course depicted in the old traditional style of the 1540's. As in several other instances of contemporary illustrative sources of period artwork, the artist even considered depicting the characteristic cross and orb mark - plus, near the tip, a typical wavy, serpent-like ornament - on the blade of the saber!!! Please note that the hilts of both arms are blackened! Author's photos, 1995. See also http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...714#post141714 Best, m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 29th June 2012 at 10:22 PM.