Odd Sword

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by Victrix

Salaam Ibrahiim,

I love the links to documents you have posted on this thread concerning interpreting inscriptions on medieaval swords. It has been very interesting reading! Also I like the Arn movie which is mentioned in the last document. History is truly fascinating... The sword which you are investigating is clearly very different from the medieaval knight swords. If you are decoding something you obviously have to know what symbols you are dealing with, and this particular time period is tricky because of the popularity of occult superstitions (akin to Sufist mysticism?). That's why I wonder if it's worth the effort? Following your comments I did a quick search on the cross symbol and found this (see photo below) in Symbols: Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms by Carl G. Liungman. The symbols could even be linked to alchemy (!). Also, the Augsburg symbol you refer to is different to the symbol on the sword which has an asymmetric horizontal bar at the top (only on the left side).

Salaams Victrix, and thanks for the detail you include. I agree the Majescule in my post is not the right one to match the Augsberg...so I sideline that. On the idea of trying to discover the code I think that while you are probably right in that finding an answer may take forever I think giving it a go now and again is perhaps the best way to continue looking in on this important subject and hoping that some future student may indeed crack it...Having it on Library is part of the battle and your additional notes are a great help.
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.