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Hand-and-a-Half Sword
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About this work
This sword came to be called a hand-and-a-half, because it could either be used with both hands or just one.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineHand-and-a-Half Sword, c. 1500. South Germany, early 16th Century. Steel, wood, leather; quillions and spirally fluted pommel of blackened steel; overall: 117.5 cm (46 1/4 in.); blade: 90.2 cm (35 1/2 in.); quillions: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.); grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1921.1253
