Just a quick question about "XIIIb.2 From the Severance Collection, Cleveland Museum, Ohio" on the Spotlight: Oakeshott Type XIII Swords page:

http://www.myArmoury.com/feature_spotxiii.html

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Is this sword featured in the book "Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art by Stephen N. Fliegel" or on the website of The Cleveland Museum of Art?


http://www.clevelandart.org/


I've had a look through the book and gone through the above website and couldn't find it.

Thanks

Danny

Hey Danny,
It appears on page 110 of Fliegel's book. Unfortunately, it is only a hilt and upper 1/3 or the blade shot.
I hope this helps,
Dan

Dan

Thanks for that. I thought that was the sword.

The book and the Cleveland Museum website have the following information:

http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/work.asp?...;view=more
Title:Sword
Maker:Germany (?), 15th century
Medium: steel; wood and leather grip
Measurements: Overall: 104.2cm, Blade: 87.3cm, quillons: 20.3cm
Date:15th century
Classification: Arms and Armor
Acquisition: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
Location: Gallery 19 | Armor Court: European Arms & Armor, 1400–1700
Accession Number:1916.1600


The Spotlight page says:

XIIIb.2 From the Severance Collection, Cleveland Museum, Ohio
Dating circa 1240-80, this example has a blade aproximately 32" long. It's been well kept, perhaps preserved in a church. The grip is a modern replacement and is criticized by Oakeshott as being too fat, lessening the impact of this otherwise nicely proportioned sword. An unusual feature of this sword is the way the shallow fuller ends before hitting the cross-guard.


There's a big difference between the 15th century and circa 1240-80, Which one is more accurate?

Danny

I wish the Cleveland Museum had included the sword's weight in their information.