Here are a couple of pictures of The sword that was buried with Cangrande Della Scala, the Ruler of Verona, Italy, in the early 1300's. This piece is held in the Castelvecchio museum in Verona, and is quite beautiful, although I would like to see it out of the scabbard.


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I went ahead and also posted some other images from the museum, including an assortment of weapons, although some of the images were blurry as I was in a race with my phone to take some photos before my battery expired.

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Wow! That is beautiful!

Thank you for sharing!

Isn't the scabbard on this sword velvet over wood?

Thank you Jonathan, I used the incorrect term, I should have said scabbard. I corrected the mistake in the post, and I do believe it is velvet covering the wood, although there may have been some leather there at some point as well.

Velvet-on-wood is one of the standard types of scabbards on Indian wallhanger tulwars and cavalry sabres. The kind with etched floral patterns and a huge etched "Made in India".

One can get velvet scabbards with better offerings, too. I have a Persian-style sword from India which has a velvet covered scabbard. Something ate holes in it, so it now has patches of naked wood. (Probably mice.)

Thank you for posting the other photos from your visit to CastelVecchio. That building is one of my favorite works of modern architecture. I travelled there to see Carlo Scarpa's work, but was pleasantly surprised to find arms and armour on display.

-Adair