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Summary
Two-Handed Sword
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| Title |
Two-Handed Sword |
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| Description |
The two-handed sword, originally a weapon of war for specialist infantry, is so named because two hands were required to wield it. By the late 1600s, these enormous swords assumed a largely ceremonial or bodyguard function. |
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| Date | 1550 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Steel; leather and wood grip, cloth-covered middle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 191.5 cm (75 3/8 in.); Blade: 144.8 cm (57 in.); Quillions: 41.5 cm (16 5/16 in.); Grip: 40.7 cm (16 in.); Ricasso: 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medieval Art |
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| Accession number |
1919.68 |
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| Place of creation | Germany, second half of 16th Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 11:29, 21 January 2019 | | 1,359 × 3,400 (2.84 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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