What form of pommel?
What form of pommel would have accompanied this guard? Would it be a lobated type like a Z or something more like an AE? It's obviously late because of the Urnes style carving..so a Z or AE seems plausible...Maybe something like the Suontaka sword's pommel? What does everyone think and does anyone have pictures to back up their opinion?


 Attachment: 23.55 KB
sword-guard.jpg

Tim, I am thinking something lobated and organic looking like the unusual central/eastern european types shown in Lech Marek's book, e.g. the cover. -JD
I would say almost certainly a Wheeler type VI, especially considering that the guard was found in Wales. That guard does not really resemble either a Z or an AE much. Those types are more of Baltic/Scandinavian types anyway.

Page 1 of 1

Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum




All contents © Copyright 2003-2006 myArmoury.com — All rights reserved
Discussion forums powered by phpBB © The phpBB Group
Switch to the Full-featured Version of the forum