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9th November 2010, 04:15 PM
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Hubert van Eyck, Rotterdam, The Empty Tomb, ca. 1415.
Please note the edged weapons of the sleeping guards and the highly unusual shapes of some hafted weapons, including the two long arrows on the right! m |
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9th November 2010, 04:22 PM
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Jörg Breu the Elder, The Crucifixion, dated 1501, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg.
Please note the short sword with the ca. 1480-90 pommel and curved quillons (Kurzwehr, Seitenwehr) of the Landsknecht dressed in red in the middle. m |
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9th November 2010, 04:37 PM
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St. Florian and St. Paul; painting by Jörg Breu the Elder, Augsburg, ca. 1500.
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9th November 2010, 04:47 PM
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The Joy of Springtime, by Jörg Breu the Elder, Augsburg, 1531.
Note the Katzbalger sword in its sheath. m |
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9th November 2010, 04:52 PM
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Hand-and-a-half sword; St. Florian, by Francesco del Cossa, dated 1473.
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9th November 2010, 05:01 PM
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Woodcut by Hans Schäufelein, ca. 1515, who among others worked for the Emperor Maximilan I.
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9th November 2010, 05:04 PM
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Hans Sebald Beham, Nürnberg, dated 1540; drawing of one of the first rapiers.
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