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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy quillon dagger guard of Medieval date (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400). The guard has a central block from which projects two arms, one to each side, and a hand guard or finger stop. The central block is roughly oval in plan and rectangular in cross-section. At the centre of the block, is a rectangular hole. The two arms project from the ends of the oval and are slightly off centre, stepped out from one side and stepped in from the other. Each arm is roughly square in cross-section, having four slightly convex faces, with faceted corners. The arms taper in width from the central block and then expand to form plain terminals with flat ends which are roughly circular in section. Between the arms and the terminal on each arm is a deeply incised groove. The arms bend down slightly giving a curved profile to the piece.From one side of the central block the 'finger stop' / hand guard projects outwards at a right angle. That side of the central block is squared off. The finger stop has a sub square sectioned stem similar to the arms which then thins as it flares in width to form a flatter sub-triangular / pelta shaped terminal with slightly rounded corners one of which is bent down. It is plain and undecorated with a dark green patina. It is 57.0mm long, 35.2mm wide and 13.8mm thick; it weighs 40.38 grams Published examples of quillon-daggers are illustrated in Ward Perkins (1940: 40-42, plates VI-VII), B325 is most similar to this example, although lacking the hand guard. Ward Perkins states (ibid) that these artefacts are military daggers with the earliest examples surviving from the 13th century. There are "frequent representations in the Maciejowski Bible, c. 1250, passim, depicting a short, sword-shaped weapon, with quillons drooping slightly toward the point, and a lobed or circular pommel". This type of military dagger was common until the close of the fourteenth century when they were ousted in popularity by the rondel dagger. However, Ward Perkins notes that "they by no means went out of use at this time and representations of them occur at all periods".
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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