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According to local chroniclers, the Montblanc authorities had the right to use the sword since the 13th or 14th century, which is why they granted the right to use it to the mayors or councilors of the Ducal Villa.
In the button of the border, as well as in the shield of the shell, the four bars can be seen and on one of them, a mound crowned with a fleur-de-lys under the ducal crown. A sword like this is in the Montblanc Museum (Catalonia).
- GARNISH: in gilded brass, in a cross, with elegant turned shell of the heart-shaped type with profile
- Waved, carrying the Montblanc shield in silver in the center. The guard assembly is elegant and harmonious. The knob offers reliefs of human figures and lions facing the four cardinal points. They complete a tapered fist in rich ebony wood with double metallic twist thread, both gilded and placed in a spiral.
- BLADE: straight, with a spine per band in the first third and two edges with two tables in the rest.
- SHEATH: black, leather with gold tip and rim. On the button, a four-bar shield stamped with a crown.
Sword from Ceñir, Montblanc Town Hall
Author's collection
Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (spadologist)
