16th century sword with square kufic calligraphy
The swords with the green ray skin on handle belonged to Sultan Selim I, 16th century. "Decorated with kufic inscriptions,resettes,rumi scrolls, palmettes, and tulip motifs" quote from Military Museum catalog.
What I hope to start, is a gradual accumlation of datable inscriptions to help determine a time period for the date of these sword types. A typology of Islamic swords based on blade style, calligraphy, metallurgy, metalwork (such as types of inlay), art design progression, hilt styles, pommels, grip styles, grip scale materials, grip scale coverings, dimensions,weight, cross section of blade, crossguards, scabbard style and so on....
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Last edited by rand; 11th August 2007 at 04:39 AM.
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