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Old 20th July 2009, 07:43 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by Emanuel
Here is a 17th century sword, having belonged to Constantin Brancoveanu (1654 - 1714).
Very nice sword, even thougbh it is much later than the discussed period. The blade looks like those blades with the Virgin Mary, for which Astvatsaturian claims were produced in Constantinople. There is a similar one I think in the catalogue for Rizsrad Janiak's collection.
It makes sense that high quality sabre blades with Christian symbols were produced for nobles from Orthodox and Catholic countires, whose aramament was under ehavy Eastern influence, such as Russia, the Danube Principalities and Poland.
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Teodor
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