"Frankish" seax scabbard NEW PHOTOS

[Sascha]

Feel free to do so...
It is a bible of the first half of the 9th Cent. Maybe created near Paris, today France.

[Theodosius the Great]

Hi Iagoba,

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

[Iagoba]

The sword was found in a grave in Bräunlingen, as the display "caption" says:

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But the handle is incomplete, not as in the picture.

[Theodosius the Great]

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