Sword X - crescent shaped pommel (AB)

Back to exhibition - Back to periods

Information

Sword X - crescent shaped pommel

Copy of a sword found at Tissø in Denmark, dated to approx. 1000-1050. The shape suggests that it is designed for cutting when fighting on foot against very little or no chainmail.
The blade is wide, very flat and relatively thin. It has a moderate peaked profile against the point, which is rounded and slightly pointed. The sword is lively in its handling properties, as it is compensated for by a wide and distinctive fuller at almost the entire length of the blade.
The cross-guard is very short because it is more the shield is used more than the sword for wrestling. The pommel's crescent shape makes it possible to deliver fast and precise cuts without the sword slipping out of the hand.
(Oakeshott type: Blade X, Pommel B.1, Cross-guard 3).

Sources

Sword X - crescent shaped pommel 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen Denmark.
Place of origin:
Tissø, St. Fuglelse, Denmark..
Dating:
Ca. 1000-1050.
Note:
Oakeshott type: Blade X, Pommel B.1, Cross-guard 3.

Sword X - crescent shaped pommel 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Ordo Sancti Benedicti. Abbatia Sancti Laurentii (Liège).
Author:
-
Current location:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, Bruxelles, Belgien (Ms. 10066-77 - f.269).
Place of origin:
Abbaye de Stavelot, Liège, Belgien.
Dating:
Ca. 900-1000.

Sword X - crescent shaped pommel 03 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover, Tyskland.
Place of origin:
Teufelsmoor, Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany.
Dating:
1000s.
Note:
Oakeshott type: Blade X, Pommel B, Cross-guard 3.
Inscription: INGELRII (other side is unreadable).

Back to exhibition

Back to periods

Back to front page

www.korsfarerne.dk