A New Find of a Falchion from Central Poland
This paper discusses a find of a falchion from the neighbourhood of Gieczno in the Łódzkie Voivodeship. This artefact comes from a sequestration of the collection of an illegal treasure hunter. This 15th century falchion with a conventional blade form stands out with its hilt which is provided with...
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| Language: | deu |
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Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.iaepan.pl/fah/article/view/2526 |
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| Summary: | This paper discusses a find of a falchion from the neighbourhood of Gieczno in the Łódzkie Voivodeship. This artefact comes from a sequestration of the collection of an illegal treasure hunter. This 15th century falchion with a conventional blade form stands out with its hilt which is provided with a cap-like pommel, and first of all with a scales rivet which is shaped as an ornamental rosette.
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| ISSN: | 0860-0007 2719-7069 |