MANIOTIS, Errikos. A Medieval Sword from KunstHistorisches Museum in Vienna related to Byzantine tradition. In Pinter, Zeno Karl; Urduzia, Claudia; Nițoi, Anca; Pop, Răzvan C. Relații Interetnice în Transilvania : Militaria Mediaevalia în Europa Centrală și de Sud-Est 5. Sibiu: Editura Muzeului National Brukenthal, 2023, p. 35-42. ISBN 978-606-733-312-1.
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Original name A Medieval Sword from KunstHistorisches Museum in Vienna related to Byzantine tradition
Authors MANIOTIS, Errikos (300 Greece, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Sibiu, Relații Interetnice în Transilvania : Militaria Mediaevalia în Europa Centrală și de Sud-Est 5, p. 35-42, 8 pp. 2023.
Publisher Editura Muzeului National Brukenthal
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 60102 Archaeology
Country of publisher Romania
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/23:00132888
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-606-733-312-1
Keywords in English Military History; Byzantine; Exhibition Design; Byzantine; History; Iconography; Weapons; Arms; Armour; Medieval Weapons and Equipment; Mosaics; Vienna; icons; frescoes; Medieval Swords; Warrior Saints; Military Equipment; Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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Abstract
In the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna there is a very interesting sword from the Middle Ages. According to the museum staff, the sword with exhibition number Hofjäger- und Rüstkammer, A 2035, was found in 1915 on the Bersaglio hill near Monte Gello (village S. Biaggio) east of Rovereto in Italy, at a depth of 1.75 m. The study of the sword focuses on the analysis of the typological features. The criteria for distinguishing particular types of pommels, blades and crossguards should be such as to aid in the chronological determination of a sword. A first attempt to classify the sword is made using Oakeshott's well-known typological system classification. However, it seemed very difficult to categorize the sword strictly according to a certain typological scheme, analyzed the pommel, crossguard and blade. Finally, the image sources were used to find analogies. Hence, we concluded that the sword could be more associated with Byzantine military manufacture than with Western typologies.
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