1592964547000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-18871 1747160050580 1714399910000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-18871 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18871 37a0f829-b0f0-300f-9156-5b01368a939f 6 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-108941 adlib-term-108941 bda2218a-91c2-3b79-99c1-49e47cc3aff1 J.S. Henderson Decoration on the blade reference term-99807 adlib-term-99807 6a23afb4-3d15-3ece-a1f8-29cd185df9ca etching Applied Arts Two-handed sword, straight quillons, etched flamboyant blade, HEN.M.197-1933 1 accession number HEN.M.197-1933 18871 priref 18871 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18871 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18871 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-154334 adlib-agent-154334 28c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434 Henderson, James Stewart 1933 1933 1933-03-16 bequeathed Bequeathed by Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex, 1933, bequest no. B352 1600 CE 1600 circa 1600 production reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown This flamboyantly bladed sword was used by the German mercenaries called Landsknechts who gripped the hilt with both hands to fight. The steel blade has etched decoration, and the ricasso- the section between the hilt and the blade proper – is covered with leather and reinforced with steel studs. Very long and decorative swords were also often used for ceremonial purposes, carried upright in front of important people in processions. reference term-106607 adlib-term-106607 61babb74-f8fd-3e53-abf6-c2c2f5dd351b 17th Century, Early reference term-107815 adlib-term-107815 f41b2595-df3f-3974-ab1f-6a950ef5d12d literal Germany Germany country Germany reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel reference term-87101 adlib-term-87101 1163ad5e-9358-336d-9671-2987da2ef79c two-handed sword reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

reference term-87101 adlib-term-87101 1163ad5e-9358-336d-9671-2987da2ef79c two-handed sword

two-handed sword sword, cast, with etched flamboyant decoration on the blade reference term-26699 adlib-term-26699 a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8 casting (process) object OBJECT