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Description: | Cast copper alloy sword Pommel diameter 34mm, thickness 9.5mm, weight 49.9g. Circular in plan, there are 12 lobes that run around the outside. Each side is decorated with a shield that has four vertical lines, this is flanked by a curvilinear line on each side, all of which is held within a circular border. Emanating out from the border are 12 trifoliate projections that are situated in the centre of each lobe. All of the decoration is recessed, the shield, curvilinear and foliate decoration are filled with Niello, the circular border is fill with red enamel.
There is a large rectangular slot at the base 9mm by 3mm and a smaller slot at the top 4mm by 2mm where that tang of the blade would have passed through.
A knight is depicted in the Westminster Psalter c1225-1250 who's sword pommel is similar to this example.
Nicolle D, 1988, Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era 1050-1350, Greenhill Books. | Subjects: | Pommel | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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