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			Mark, 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	I sent you a private message. Michael  | 
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			... on a painting of the Resurrection by Simon Franck, ca. 1525, in the basilica of Aschaffenburg/Northern Bavaria. 
		
		
		
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			Late 15th century halberds on the wooden case for a pair of gold scales, dated 1497, Germanic National  Museum Nuremberg. 
		
		
		
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			Fascinating. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	The scale is no more, though?; what a pity   .Fernando.  | 
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			Well, Fernando, 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	As the scales would have been hardly engraved with halberds and early swords I prefer to see the case.   Best, Michael  | 
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			A halberdier on an early 16th engraving. 
		
		
		
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