Subject: miles knight
Culture: Anglo-Norman
Setting: Norman Conquest, England 1066-1135
Object: sword
* Windlass Steelcrafts #501500
Royal Ontario Museum > Arms and Armor *
Les épées munies de ce type de lame et au pommeau très typique en forme de noix du Brésil étaient courantes au début de l'âge de la chevalerie. Il est possible qu'on s'en soit déjà servi pendant la premiére croisade (1095-1099)."
Higgins Armory Museum > Story of the Sword *
"Knightly sword, about 1100
Western Europe Steel Weight: 2 lb. 2 oz. ...
A sword like this, with its distinctive 'brazil-nut' pommel, was the typical sidearm for a knight on the First Crusade. Like most medieval swords, it is in excavated condition, and its tip has been broken off."
* Royal Armouries Museum > War
"Sword This type of sword was probably developed from the Viking sword. It has a similar broad, double-edged blade with a wide groove or 'fuller' on each face, but the quillons are longer and thinner, and the heavy iron pommel is in the form of a beehive.
European, about 1100." ....
* Royal Armouries Museum > War
"Boy's sword This is thought to be the earliest example of a child's sword from medieval Europe. Its proportions are exactly those of an adult sword, and it is fitted with the popular brazil-nut style of pommel. Remains of its wood and leather scabbard survive, along with its copper alloy chape, fretted with a stylised eagle.
European, 11th-mid 12th century. Recovered from the River Seine near Rouen, France." ....
