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Re: "Frankish" seax scabbard NEW PHOTOS - Sascha - 07-26-2008
Feel free to do so...
It is a bible of the first half of the 9th Cent. Maybe created near Paris, today France.
Re: "Frankish" seax scabbard NEW PHOTOS - Theodosius the Great - 09-14-2008
Hi Iagoba,
Quote:NEW PHOTOS:
New photo 1
Do you know anything about the spatha on the left side of the display case ? I think it may be a 6th century Frankish spatha but I'd like to get a closer look at the hilt.
The spatha looks like it may be the same one seen in this old drawing.
The hilt looks like it's made of two rectangular pieces, a smaller one mounted atop of a larger one, IMO.
Thanks for posting these photos !
~Theo
Re: "Frankish" seax scabbard NEW PHOTOS - Iagoba - 09-14-2008
The sword was found in a grave in Bräunlingen, as the display "caption" says:
[url:3g2mspcf]http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc320/iagoba_f/basel/seax_colombi/SL370918.jpg[/url]
But the handle is incomplete, not as in the picture.
Re: "Frankish" seax scabbard NEW PHOTOS - Theodosius the Great - 09-14-2008
Thank you, Iagoba.
Though the handle is incomplete, I'm convinced of the drawing's accuracy given that everything else shown is 6th century Frankish weapons.
Laudes for you.
~Theo