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Mediaeval Swords from Southeastern Europe: Material from 12th to 15th Century

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Translation: Mirjana Vukmanović. This book is the first synthetic study about mediaeval swords from Balkans and Carpathian basin i.e. Balkan peninsula with all former Yugoslav republics, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. It includes over the 400 sword finds from this territory in catalogue with 18 plates and additional 37 illustrations, drawings and photographs of swords and medieval visual sources and 12 geographic and historical maps.

Author(s): Marko Aleksić
Publisher: Marko Aleksić
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 204
City: Belgrade

Introduction 7
Typology 19
Description of Forms 23
Description of Pommel Shapes 23
Description of Blade Shapes 26
Description of Cross-gurad Shapes 31
Chronology 33
Chronology of Pommels 33
Chronology of Blades 76
Chronology of Cross-guards 94
Sword Families in Sotheast Europe 105
Single-edged Swords 113
Signs, Ornaments and inscriptions on Swords 117
Conclusion 127
Literature 133
Catalogue 143
Plates 1-18