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Originally Posted by midelburgo
It is possible that these blades were made in Toledo and mounted in Granada before the war started in 1482. Maybe it is hard to believe Muslims would have allowed an animal representation on their swords, but there you have the lions fountain at Alhambra.
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Mucho gracias
Animal representations are just forbidden in mosques.
Look at the quillons of the Jineta - if they had monsters on the quillons, a little dog on the blade was not really a problem!
Very kastane-ish (the Persian swords have also this kind of monsters for the quillons)
