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Auction Kings is a reality television series produced by Authentic Entertainment for the Discovery Channel.The series premiered on October 26, 2010, taking place in the Atlanta [1] auction house Gallery 63 in Sandy Springs, Georgia, located on Roswell Road immediately north of the Atlanta city limit. [2]
Executioner's sword (16th century) A decapitation scene as shown in Cosmographia universalis of Sebastian Münster (1552). An executioner's sword is a sword designed specifically for decapitation of condemned criminals (as opposed to combat). These swords were intended for two-handed use, but were lacking a point, so that their overall blade ...
Everard des Barres (also Eberhard von Barres or Eberhard De Bären) (died after 1176) was the third Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1147 to 1152. [1]Everard was Master of the Templars in France and accompanied Louis VII of France on the Second Crusade.
In the European High Middle Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, arming sword, or in full, knightly arming sword) was a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed, cruciform (i.e., cross-shaped) hilt and a blade length of about 70 to 80 centimetres (28 to 31 in). This type is frequently ...
The painting has been on display in St Mary's Church in the village since 1956 (the only Templar-related site to have survived there), and has been carbon-dated to c. 1280. [28] Some people believe that it is a Templar-commissioned image of either Jesus Christ or the severed head of John the Baptist, [29] although it is without a Halo. [30]
Templar establishments in Europe. Templar fortress of Paris, now destroyed. Commandry of Coulommiers, France [6] Commandry of Avalleur, in Bar-sur-Seine [7] Commandry of Saint-Blaise, Hyères [8] La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, France [1] Chapelle des Templiers de Metz - 12th-century Gothic chapel with octagonal plan and various paintings. [9]
Galgano Guidotti (1148 – 3 December 1181) [a] was a Catholic saint from Tuscany born in Chiusdino, in the modern province of Siena, Italy.His mother's name was Dionigia, while his father's name (Guido or Guidotto) only appeared in a document dated in the 16th century, when the last name Guidotti was attributed.
A longsword (also spelled as long sword or long-sword) is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed use (around 15 to 30 cm or 6 to 12 in), a straight double-edged blade of around 80 to 110 cm (31 to 43 in), and weighing approximately 2 to 3 kg (4 lb 7 oz to 6 lb 10 oz).