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cornelistromp · 1st February 2017, 09:48 AM

herewith the pictures of the sword after the restoration.
several layers of paint of hundreds of years old have been removed from the blade.

it was a risk, because it was not known how the general condition of the steel would be covered for 100 of years in in paint and whether the new point which was mounted around the old point could be removed neatly. Fortunately everything turned out well. see attached picture of restored sword next to picture from Sotheby's catalogue in 1935.

there are two residues of big nails discovered in the blade.
One nail head is clearly visible on the Sotheby photo from 1935, left on the blade near the cross. the other head on the other side of the cross at 38cm.
Further, at 12cm from the point is an old restoration in which a hole in the blade was covered with a steel plate, plugged with 6 rivets. The plate steel is almost gone but 4 rivets and two rivet holes are visible. This restoration is probably centuries old.

Given the layers of paint, 2 fastening nails through the blade and very old restoration to the point, this sword has probably been hung for a long time at a chain, probably dry in the open air, in or outside a church or castle?

Maybe this is the sword that has been lost in Rocamadour at the beginning of the last century, DURENDAL

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after removal of the paint, an inscription became visible SOS on one side and OSO on the other side. Well is it an S? the S here is composed of a wavy line, and two dashes.

SOS stands for Salvator Omnipotens Salvator and can be part of an Inscription ;

Cum quo ei Dominus S. O. S. (Salvator Omnipotens Salvator) auxilietur adversus partes amen

(source TWO INCRUSTED MEDIEVAL SWORDS FROM ZBASZYN, LUBUSZ VOIVODSHIP, Marian Głosek Tadeusz Makiewicz)

another sword 1100-1199 with SOS inscription is ROMS XIa.1 a sword in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (IX.1082), interpreted by Oakeshott as Sancta O maria Sancta.

This sword dates from the end of the 12th century to the mid 13th century and there are a small number of this type known.

The most important, certainly the most impressive and for me the most beautiful one, is a sword in the Real Ameria in Madrid. G22
The Sword of San Fernando III (on this sword was a claim from the early 16thC that this sword could be the sword of Roland, DURENDAL.)

Best,
Jasper

1st February 2017, 09:48 AM	#7
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,057	herewith the pictures of the sword after the restoration. several layers of paint of hundreds of years old have been removed from the blade. it was a risk, because it was not known how the general condition of the steel would be covered for 100 of years in in paint and whether the new point which was mounted around the old point could be removed neatly. Fortunately everything turned out well. see attached picture of restored sword next to picture from Sotheby's catalogue in 1935. there are two residues of big nails discovered in the blade. One nail head is clearly visible on the Sotheby photo from 1935, left on the blade near the cross. the other head on the other side of the cross at 38cm. Further, at 12cm from the point is an old restoration in which a hole in the blade was covered with a steel plate, plugged with 6 rivets. The plate steel is almost gone but 4 rivets and two rivet holes are visible. This restoration is probably centuries old. Given the layers of paint, 2 fastening nails through the blade and very old restoration to the point, this sword has probably been hung for a long time at a chain, probably dry in the open air, in or outside a church or castle? Maybe this is the sword that has been lost in Rocamadour at the beginning of the last century, DURENDAL  after removal of the paint, an inscription became visible SOS on one side and OSO on the other side. Well is it an S? the S here is composed of a wavy line, and two dashes. SOS stands for Salvator Omnipotens Salvator and can be part of an Inscription ; Cum quo ei Dominus S. O. S. (Salvator Omnipotens Salvator) auxilietur adversus partes amen (source TWO INCRUSTED MEDIEVAL SWORDS FROM ZBASZYN, LUBUSZ VOIVODSHIP, Marian Głosek Tadeusz Makiewicz) another sword 1100-1199 with SOS inscription is ROMS XIa.1 a sword in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (IX.1082), interpreted by Oakeshott as Sancta O maria Sancta. This sword dates from the end of the 12th century to the mid 13th century and there are a small number of this type known. The most important, certainly the most impressive and for me the most beautiful one, is a sword in the Real Ameria in Madrid. G22 The Sword of San Fernando III (on this sword was a claim from the early 16thC that this sword could be the sword of Roland, DURENDAL.) Best, Jasper Attached Images Last edited by cornelistromp; 1st February 2017 at 02:52 PM.