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Weapons > Edged weapons > Swords > Schiavonas

Preferred term

Schiavonas  

Definition

  • Broadswords with a distinctive basket hilt and, usually, a double-edged, pointed blade, used by (and named after) the Slavonian bodyguards of the Doge of Venice [AAT 94, alt.]

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Entry terms

  • SCHIAVONES

Notation

  • 112955

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-K1WF4GF4-M

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