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Danny Grigg
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 Posted: Mon 15 Dec, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: Italian Falchion in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Floren |
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See attached link showing a photo of an interesting Italian Falchion with a human head pommel:
http://flickr.com/photos/begna/2941503155/
There's a line drawing of this falchion in the following book which shows the entire sword including the pommel:
"The Complete Encyclopedia Of Arms & Weapons edited by Leonid Tarassuk & Claude Blair"
I can't post the pic as I've reached my upload limit.
The line drawing has the following description:
"Falchion, N. Italy, c.1550. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence."
The photo in the above link has the following description:
"Storta Veneto, metà XVI sec. R 89"
I don't read / speak Italian, but I guess the above translated to English is:
"Storta (Falchion) Venetian, 16th century"?
If anyone has any further pictures or information (dimensions, weight, history etc) regarding this falchion please post.
Thanks
Danny Grigg
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