Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Early European arms captured by the Ottomans

cornelistromp · 2nd April 2012, 08:29 AM

Interesting, thank you!

after the conquest of Egypt in 1517 the ottomans included many Alexandria swords and took them to Constantinople.
If the swords were Already marked or inscribed, and therefor were already under Islam sacred objects, they were not desecrated by an additional mark, a Tamga.
This explains why the combination on one and the same sword of a Tamga and arsenal inscription "not...... well hardly" appears.

sword 5 has indeed a very interesting blade geometry. wherein the concave ensures that a strong and very sharp cutting edge arrises.
The light protective clothing, probably forced by nature, by the heat in these areas, explained the popularity of several types of European cutting swords there in the 14th and 15 century.
This sword could be a precursor of the highly cq. most efficient 2 hand-cutting sword, with a blade very wide at the cross, strong tapering and with a light centered mid rib,...........The oakeshott Type XVIIIC.

If this theory is true, the sword may be dated in the third quarter of the 14th century.
for an example of XVIIIC please see your light mail thread.

best,

2nd April 2012, 08:29 AM	#3
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,057	Interesting, thank you! after the conquest of Egypt in 1517 the ottomans included many Alexandria swords and took them to Constantinople. If the swords were Already marked or inscribed, and therefor were already under Islam sacred objects, they were not desecrated by an additional mark, a Tamga. This explains why the combination on one and the same sword of a Tamga and arsenal inscription "not...... well hardly" appears. sword 5 has indeed a very interesting blade geometry. wherein the concave ensures that a strong and very sharp cutting edge arrises. The light protective clothing, probably forced by nature, by the heat in these areas, explained the popularity of several types of European cutting swords there in the 14th and 15 century. This sword could be a precursor of the highly cq. most efficient 2 hand-cutting sword, with a blade very wide at the cross, strong tapering and with a light centered mid rib,...........The oakeshott Type XVIIIC. If this theory is true, the sword may be dated in the third quarter of the 14th century. for an example of XVIIIC please see your light mail thread. best, Last edited by cornelistromp; 2nd April 2012 at 11:28 AM.