"An Italian Medieval Sword with an Arabic Inscription from the Arsenal of Alexandria, early 15th century, the Inscription dated 1432. This beautifully proportioned sword is historically important as it belongs to the well-known group of European knightly swords that bear Arabic inscriptions from the Arsenal of Alexandria. The members of this large group are known to have come to the Arsenal over a period of around seventy years, from about 1367 to 1436-7 in at least eleven separate bequests. (...) The Arabic inscription has been engraved on both sides of the blade, within the ricasso, and shows that the sword was bequeathed to the Arsenal of Alexandria as a pious donation.
Overall length: 108.9 cm (42.875"); Blade length: 92.4 cm (36.375"); Weight: 0.845 kg (1.86 pounds)
Provenance:
The Arsenals of Alexandria and Hagia Eirene, Instanbul
Sotheby’s, London, 20 November 1979, lot 129
Private collection, Germany"
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