Detailed Information on Publication Record
2023
A Medieval Sword from KunstHistorisches Museum in Vienna related to Byzantine tradition
MANIOTIS, ErrikosBasic information
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
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Field of Study
60102 Archaeology
Country of publisher
Romania
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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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Reviewed
Změněno: 10/3/2024 22:05, Mgr. Zuzana Matulíková
Abstract
V originále
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.