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Swords
GARNISH: gilded silver with enamel and filigree decoration. Ovoid knob with a large knob. Tapered ivory cuff decorated with ataurique, small shells and two silver ferrules. Arriaz ornamented...
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Swords
GARNISHING: silver. Discoidal knob with high knob. Tapered cuff with central decoration and two simulated smooth ferrules. Arriaz with two hawks with zooform shapes, curved towards the blade...
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Swords
GARNISH: for two hands. Made of gilded iron and beautifully chiseled in the late Gothic style. Helical pear-shaped knob. Completely metallic and with floral decorations. Arriaz composed of...
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Swords
GARNISH: gilded copper. Disc knob where the Marian legend “AVE MARIA” begins surrounding an enameled shield with the fleur-de-lys in scarlet on a white field on the obverse....
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Swords
This sword is possibly one of the most beautiful and best preserved from the Middle Ages. It is a typical cutting rapier and wounding point. A sumptuous weapon,...
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Shields
GARNISH: golden iron. Two simple hawks in a cross without any decorative element, characteristic of the time and very functional for combat. Disc knob, also gilded, and on...
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Swords
GARNISH: steel knob lined with silver plates with a trilobular shape. Wooden handle also lined with silver and, like the knob, carved on the edges and smooth in...
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Swords
GUARNITION: made of gilded iron and chiseled in long fretwork, the existing parts of which are mounted on a cross support. Cylindrical crystal knob attached to the upper...
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Swords
GARNISH: golden iron. Disc knob with the legend “AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA” and in the center a coat of arms with four waving gules bands on enamel azure...
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Bronze Age
According to the popular tradition that we can observe in paintings, drawings, books, historical films or festivals of Moors and Christians, the Arabs used cutlasses or scimitars and,...
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Bronze Age
It was from the 11th century onwards that the hawks of European swords began to lengthen and, in this way, they began to take on a cross-like appearance....
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Bronze Age
This sword may be one of the oldest found in al-Andalus and belongs to the Umayyad Caliphate of the 9th century. According to an article by Alberto Canto...
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Bronze Age
The Visigoths entered the Iberian Peninsula in the year 427 under the command of King Theodoric I in order to expel the Suebi, Vandals and Alans. Between 80,000...
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Celts and Iberians
The Romans began to use Greek-style swords, just as they adopted their gods, changing their names, and used their philosophers to educate their children. Later, they used the...
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Bronze Age
According to the National Archaeological Museum, this type of sword is found in Celtiberian and Vetton necropolises. This possibly comes from the Celtiberian area since only the obverse...
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Bronze Age
This splendidly preserved falcata allows us to enjoy all its decorative details. Due to its ornamental richness, it must have belonged to some warrior leader of the Iberian...
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Bronze Age
The falcata is the most genuine offensive weapon of the Iberian peoples and the best known. A powerful weapon that looks like a saber, but is actually a...
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Bronze Age
According to the National Archaeological Museum, this piece was found in the Necropolis of Cortijo de Paco Torres, Íllora (Montefrío), Granada. And the MAN in its description says:...
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