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5th November 2010, 06:06 PM
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A fine South German, less probably Swiss, hand-and-a-half Landsknecht sword of ca. 1530, preserved in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France.
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8th November 2010, 07:22 PM
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A hand-and-a-half Landsknecht sword in a ca. 1530's Flemish painting of the legend of St. Hubert, sold at auction at Galerie Koller, Zürich, Switzerland, in March 2010.
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9th November 2010, 03:54 PM
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A Landsknecht short sword with an open ring or antenna shaped pommel, an ear dagger and halberds in a ca. 1460-70 painting of the Passion of Christ.
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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.
Please note the fine blade of the hand-and-a-half sword on the right. m Last edited by Matchlock; 9th November 2010 at 04:52 PM. |
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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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