Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Two Very Fine Landsknecht Swords, Southern Germany, ca. 1490 and 1525

cornelistromp · 5th April 2011, 07:59 AM

Hi Jim,

this crux commissa was used by the knights of saint Antoine, sant Antonio, Sankt Anton, sant Antoni.
pictures of a similar cross on a 15thc sword and pictures of "a Ordre Militaire et Hospitalier de Saint-Antoine",knights of christ, painting of van Eyk.
look at the shield of the knight in the front with the cross of blood, it has the woording
D(OMINU)S FORTIS ADONAY SABAOT and from left to right EM(MANU)EL LH.S. XR. AGLA. and the in the middle of the shield...... the T-cross.

best,

5th April 2011, 07:59 AM	#20
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,057	Hi Jim, this crux commissa was used by the knights of saint Antoine, sant Antonio, Sankt Anton, sant Antoni. pictures of a similar cross on a 15thc sword and pictures of "a Ordre Militaire et Hospitalier de Saint-Antoine",knights of christ, painting of van Eyk. look at the shield of the knight in the front with the cross of blood, it has the woording D(OMINU)S FORTIS ADONAY SABAOT and from left to right EM(MANU)EL LH.S. XR. AGLA. and the in the middle of the shield...... the T-cross. best, Attached Images Last edited by cornelistromp; 5th April 2011 at 06:04 PM.