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30th April 2012, 06:57 PM
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Eastern European types of Landsknecht sabers of the 1520's and 1530's, and of some daggers.
From the chronicle on the deeds of the Albanian Prince of Scanderberg, printed in 1533. m |
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5th May 2012, 07:09 PM
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Impressive chronicle! Thank you for all these fabulous pictures Michael.
Best, Samuel |
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6th May 2012, 01:15 AM
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Thank you so much, Samuel,
Although I regret mistyping Scanderbeg's name.  I do wish you would come in here more often but I know of course you are very busy. It's a good thing to now that you still read the posts. Best, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 6th May 2012 at 04:22 PM. |
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2nd June 2012, 04:40 PM
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A Landsknecht hand-and-a-half sword, from a painting of the decapitation of St. John, by the master of the Attel altarpiece, ca. 1480-90.
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4th June 2012, 02:50 AM
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St. George and the Dragon; sculpture from The Tyrol, ca. 1500.
Bavarian National Museum Munich. m |
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13th June 2012, 03:14 PM
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A Grosses Messer, Excavated Together With its Bodkin, Late 15th Century
The lot, comprising two items, failed to sell at auction at the Dorotheum, Vienna, yesterday.
Although the pommel is missing from the sword we may analogously assume that it was shaped to match that of the bodkin. The latter, of course, was part of the 'byknives' originally contained in separate compartments of the sheath. m |
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14th June 2012, 03:17 PM
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I forgot to add that the blade of the Dorotheum sword is single-edged.
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