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LOT 0945
Medieval Hand-and-a-Half Sword
(Iron, 1.65 kg, 1.16 m.).
Circa late 13th-early 14th century AD. A hand-forged hand-and-a-half sword of Type XIIIa with facetted Type J wheel pommel, and round-section quillons; to the upper blade, a latten inlaid Arabic inscription 'Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah'; the blade narrow with shallow fuller for about one third of its length.
Provenance
Property of a Suffolk Gentleman; by inheritance.
Literature
Cf. Oakeshott, E. Records of the Mediaeval Sword, p.105 (type), p.113 (inlaid text),
Footnotes
Inscribed and inlaid texts in Arabic script are found on medieval European swords which were deposited in the 'Hall of Victories' in Alexandria.
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