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Small sword
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sword. The narrow blade with six facets, of which presumably only one third remains, bears, in copper inlay, the inscription: 'Espaedro del rei' and is marked with a circle with a cross. Hilt with twisted grip, formerly wrapped with steel wire, straight quillon with double short crossguard and downward curved knucklebow (damaged). End of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century. Length of the broken blade: 0.41 m. Excavated near Leiden.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDegen. c. 1540 - c. 1560. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
