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Sword Xa - stud-shaped pommel (AB)

Information

Sword Xa - stud-shaped pommel

Copy of a sword found in Germany, dated 1200-1250. The shape suggests that the sword is used both on foot and horse, and it is optimized as a slashing and cutting weapon against chainmail.
The blade is as in previous times wide, it has a moderate peaked profile towards a point, which is rounded and slightly pointed. From the somewhat longer cavalry sword, the blade has adopted a small and thin fuller that runs almost the entire length of the blade. The fuller optimizes the sword's strength against chainmail.
The cross-guard is long and the pommel is rounded towards the grip. The sword is used with the wrist around its axis of rotation. The pommel's shape makes it possible to grab the two of the `dolls' with the shield hand to use both hands.
(Oakeshott type: Blade Xa, Pommel D, Cross-guard 2).

Sources

Sword Xa - stud-shaped pommel 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Museum für Deutsche Geschichte, Berlin Germany.
Place of origin:
German
Dating:
First half of 1200s.
Note:
Oakeshott type: Blade Xa, Pommel D, Cross-guard 2.

Sword Xa - stud-shaped pommel 02 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen Denmark.
Place of origin:
Søborg castel or lake, Holbo Herred, Denmark.
Dating:
Ca. 1250.
Note:
A.B. Hoffmeyer pl. V - d
Remaining damascus steel blade (perhaps, a 13th century handle, on blade from earlier times).

Sword Xa - stud-shaped pommel 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Carrow Psalter.
Author:
-
Current location:
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore USA (W.34.15V).
Place of origin:
East Anglia, England.
Dating:
Ca. 1250.
Note:
The murder of Thomas Becket.

More sources

Sword Xa - stud-shaped pommel 05 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Morgan Billed-Bibel (Maciejowski Biblen).
Author:
-
Current location:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US. (MS M.638 - f.33r)
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
1240s.

Sword X? - stud-shaped pommel 06 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Chanson d'Aspremont
Author:
-
Current location:
Nuværende: Brithish Library, London, England (Lansdowne MS 782 - f.23r).
Place of origin:
Hertfordshire, England.
Dating:
Ca. 1240-1250.
Note:
Stories of Charlemagne.

Cross -Reference

Chainmail coif 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
Author:
-
Current location:
Brithish Library, London, U.K. (Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1 - f.7r).
Place of origin:
-
Dating:
1175-1200.
Note:
Scene from the Childhood of Christ - the massacres of the innocent.

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