Open AccessBetween the Falchion and the Sword: a Side Weapon Specimen from the Naval Museum in Gdynia
Author(s) -
Piotr Strzyż
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
fasciculi archaeologiae historicae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-7069
pISSN - 0860-0007
DOI - 10.23858/fah34.2021.013
Subject(s) - sword , inscribed figure , provenance , art , archaeology , history , geology , computer science , world wide web , mathematics , geometry , paleontology
This paper discusses a falchion of unknown provenance kept in the Naval Museum in Gdynia. It is an example of a side arms characterised by both its hilt, specific to so-called ‘Moravian’ falchions and, most importantly, its double-edged sword blade bearing a mark in the form of a circle with an inscribed cross and the letter ‘S’. Based on typological and chronological analysis, the artefact can be dated to the second half of the 15th century.