15929993940001312637261000Standard Recordobject-19074170206249155416201222060001702062267437fitz-onlineadlib-object-19074https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1907469c791fb-fcea-3b2d-8828-ef9dd12fcb698referenceterm-86575adlib-term-865755649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9bweaponsreferenceterm-108941adlib-term-108941bda2218a-91c2-3b79-99c1-49e47cc3aff1J.S. Hendersonreferenceterm-27716adlib-term-27716246eefd8-f18b-3c47-8338-d68140b3497egiltWidthcm15Hilttracesreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-32234adlib-term-3223496ff7097-33c1-398e-891e-22b7705b69fewood (plant material)Gripreferenceterm-5127adlib-term-51278268a9a5-a090-3d77-aca9-5ee696f565e2flutingreferenceterm-40136adlib-term-4013628e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5steelSwordsword, cast, with a fluted grip and traces of a gilded hiltreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)referenceterm-40335adlib-term-4033580b8ec5a-ae92-3ae0-8967-f2a28e1658d4brass (alloy)Capreferenceterm-40335adlib-term-4033580b8ec5a-ae92-3ae0-8967-f2a28e1658d4brass (alloy)Tang ButtonLengthcm66.5Widthcm3.7BladeWidthcm8.7QuillonsFortecopperplate scriptreferenceterm-26892adlib-term-268929d0eddda-338f-30fd-ab94-0c8050cfa443engraving (incising)Applied ArtsHilt mounts of lines (once gilded); grip of brown polished wood, spirally fluted in alternating wide and narrow grooves, finished with a cap and tang button of brass. There is a small pelta-shaped guard in front, cast in one piece like a small ring-guard enclosing a plate, below the short, thick, scroll-ended quillons. Blade broad, curved, back-edged, with hollowed faces. The back-edge is sharpened for some 15 cm (6") up from the point. At the forte, it is engraved on each side in a kind of copperplate script with the opening verses of the Gospel according to St. John, in German: 'Am angang was das wort, wud das wort was bei Gott, und Gott was das Wort...…'.HEN.M.283-19331accession numberHEN.M.283-193319074priref19074urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19074https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19074the opening verses of St. John's Gospelon bladeinscribed in a kind of copperplate scriptAm angang was das wort, wud das wort was bei Gott, und Gott was das Wort283Htagreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumJ.S. Henderson Bequestreferenceagent-154334adlib-agent-15433428c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434Henderson, James Stewart193319331933-03-16bequeathedBequeathed by Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex, 193317201720CE1720circa1720174011740CE17401740makerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownThis very typical hunting hanger has an inscription of the first verses of St John’s Gospel, beginning on one side: Am anfang war das wort… (In the beginning was the word), and continuing on the other side: Es war in der welt… (he was in the world).referenceterm-106400adlib-term-1064003e80c102-1483-3c39-b2f4-67e333d653d818th CenturyLengthcm81.3referencemedia-13869adlib-media-13869ca83d18a-9e0e-3be9-9e0c-538d4453796cjpegaa/aa25/HEN_M_283_1933_281_29.jpg1heightpixels158widthpixels76016162777474771imagejpegaa/aa25/mid_HEN_M_283_1933_281_29.jpg1heightpixels104widthpixels50016162777474771imagejpegaa/aa25/HEN_M_283_1933_281_29.jpg1heightpixels158widthpixels76016162777474771imagejpegaa/aa25/preview_HEN_M_283_1933_281_29.jpg1heightpixels52widthpixels25016162777474771image0media
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