The Bonhams sales of the E.A. Christensen collection in 2012 showed two interesting Boringholm-like swords.
Lot 75 classified as a Type XVI.
Total length 126,6 cm.
Blade length: 100 cm.
So longer than the Boringholm sword, but probably quite close in proportions to the D 261.
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Source: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19796/lot/75/
Lot 76 is classified as a Type XVII sword with a pommel that it hard to see from the image whether it's a flat H1 type OR the subtype H2 like the Balkan/Norwegian/Swedish examples.
Total length: 111.8 cm.
Blade length: 87,5 cm.
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Source: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19796/lot/76/
| Niels Just Rasmussen wrote: |
| Lot 76 is classified as a Type XVII sword with a pommel that it hard to see from the image whether it's a flat H1 type OR the subtype H2 like the Balkan/Norwegian/Swedish examples.
Total length: 111.8 cm. Blade length: 87,5 cm. [ Linked Image ] Source: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19796/lot/76/ |
It is flat... this is Oakeshott's XVII.2.
| Mark Lewis wrote: | ||
It is flat... this is Oakeshott's XVII.2. |
OK, so it's just a shadow on the image I saw!
Otherwise from Dronninglund Kirke in Northern Jutland I have found a depiction of a Boringholm-like sword in the hands of one of the "9 heroes" - namely Godefroy de Bouillion (see attachment).
It has the right pommel and right crossguard and also shows a rain-guard.
So do I see a shadow again....or is it a type H2 pommel :lol:
This is interesting since the Boringholm sword is at the latest from 1412, while the Dronninglund church paintings are from 1510-1525!
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Dronninglund Kirke.
Godefrey de Boullion & Judas Maccabeus.
Source: http://natmus.dk/salg-og-ydelser/museumsfaglige-ydelser/kirker-og-kirkegaarde/kalkmalerier-i-danske-kirker/
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