Arms & armour in Californian Spanish missions - San Juan Capistrano

M ELEY · 20th February 2006, 05:52 AM

I agree with the weapons being repros, but perhaps they were meant to be only props? I find the history of colonial Spanish weapons fascinating and I'm very glad to see Radu's pics of some of the old Spanish missions of California. I have a small collecion of these pieces, the best of which is a brass lion-headed hilt broadsword with the typical Spanish motto on it (Don't draw me without reason...) dating to 1800-20 period and from the old San Francisco area. Many of the colonial pieces and espada truly fit into the catagories of ethnographic weapons and due to their quaint, primative construction, also as folk art! Great seeing the actual missions. Thanks, Radu!

20th February 2006, 05:52 AM	#7
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,207	Spanish colonial weapons I agree with the weapons being repros, but perhaps they were meant to be only props? I find the history of colonial Spanish weapons fascinating and I'm very glad to see Radu's pics of some of the old Spanish missions of California. I have a small collecion of these pieces, the best of which is a brass lion-headed hilt broadsword with the typical Spanish motto on it (Don't draw me without reason...) dating to 1800-20 period and from the old San Francisco area. Many of the colonial pieces and espada truly fit into the catagories of ethnographic weapons and due to their quaint, primative construction, also as folk art! Great seeing the actual missions. Thanks, Radu!