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A nimcha that was not.... :-)

17th December 2012, 05:29 PM

A.alnakkas

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ariel

Attached is a pic of the so-called Transylvanian Knot, a magical/talismanic mark on Hungarian blades XVI-XVIII centuries. There were several variants, see lower right and left.

Would love to see Syrian/Iraqi examples.

The blade inscription is very poorly done, I expect someone tried to imitate majari blades :P

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