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midelburgo · 10th June 2005, 12:13 PM

Hello,
I was just passing by and saw the current discussion...
Very interesting the arscives 1991 site. Lots of interesting swords there, although some miscatalogation too. For example number 5 is not African but a very specific portuguese form from late XVth early XVIth. Some "Portuguese made" I find discutible on the other hand.

But what brought me here. I am also intrigued by the motto "no me embaines..." and would be very interesting to find a XVI century sword with it. However I consider the example provided to be a remounting with a newer (Late XVII to early XVIIIth , possibly genoese) blade.

About Portuguese patriotic mottoes, they appear for example even in official Spanish military models (like what later would be the called 1728 model, an example at Poldi-Pezzoli, Milan), and cannot give clues about nationalities.

Javier

10th June 2005, 12:13 PM	#34
midelburgo Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 248	embaines Hello, I was just passing by and saw the current discussion... Very interesting the arscives 1991 site. Lots of interesting swords there, although some miscatalogation too. For example number 5 is not African but a very specific portuguese form from late XVth early XVIth. Some "Portuguese made" I find discutible on the other hand. But what brought me here. I am also intrigued by the motto "no me embaines..." and would be very interesting to find a XVI century sword with it. However I consider the example provided to be a remounting with a newer (Late XVII to early XVIIIth , possibly genoese) blade. About Portuguese patriotic mottoes, they appear for example even in official Spanish military models (like what later would be the called 1728 model, an example at Poldi-Pezzoli, Milan), and cannot give clues about nationalities. Javier