01-16-2005, 08:28 AM
Wyrm,Jan 15 2005, 03:25 PM Wrote:...(let me first say that I'm not even close to being a sword scholar) The design on that sword's hilt looks Arabic... I wouldn't even want to try and date it, other than to say it looks pre-Rennaissance. ...[right][snapback]65510[/snapback][/right]Umm, it's definitely post-Renaissance. And by that I mean it'd be ahead of its day during the Renaissance itself. And European. Just because it may be arabesque in appearance doesn't mean it isn't the result of a European taking a fancy to Eastern motif.
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