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Posts: 870 Location: Paris, France

Thu 25 Feb, 2010 5:02 am

William Carew wrote:

Those are really interesting images. Where are these from (so I know where to go next time I'm in Europe!)?

I think these are exposed in the Louvre museum, in Paris.
Now where they are exactly in this huge museum I don't remember, hopefully Greg will be able to tell you more...

Regards,

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Greg Coffman

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Posts: 254 Location: Lubbock, TX

Thu 25 Feb, 2010 9:42 am

Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:

William Carew wrote:

Those are really interesting images. Where are these from (so I know where to go next time I'm in Europe!)?

I think these are exposed in the Louvre museum, in Paris.
Now where they are exactly in this huge museum I don't remember, hopefully Greg will be able to tell you more...

Regards,

Nope. :D I can't tell you any more than that. All I remember is walking around in the Louvre and then stumbling upon some nice stained glass images. I guess there is probably a section of stained glass someplace.

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Roger Hooper

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Posts: 4,393 Location: Northern California

Thu 25 Feb, 2010 10:44 am

Here is a painting of Louis XII entering Genoa in 1507. He has two swords, one on the saddle, and the long one on his hip.

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Lafayette C Curtis

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Posts: 2,698 Location: Indonesia

Sun 09 May, 2010 5:26 am

That last picture brings up the interesting points of demands for evidence on the practice of carrying one sword on the belt and one in the saddle. Now that we have that early 16th-century illustration and this translation of the 13th-century King's Mirror from Norway:

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He must have a dirk and two swords, one girded on and another hanging from the pommel of the saddle.

I daresay we have more evidence for this than for a lot of other things reenactors have been known to do!

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