Subject: stradiotos mercenary light cavalry
Culture: Dalmatian/Croat
Setting: Venetian empire, Spanish empire 16-17thc
Object: 'estradiot' ear dagger
Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor *
* Sofe Design
* Royal Armouries Museum > Self Defence Gallery
"'Ear' Dagger Probably Italian, about 1500
This type of dagger originated in the near East.
It was adopted in Spain in the late Middle Ages and became
popular in other parts of Europe for a short time during the early Renaissance." ...
