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Indian swords had the tassel attached through an eyelet at the end of the pommel. Chinese swords, both jian and dao, often have lanyards or tassels attached. As with Western sword knots, these serve both decorative and practical functions, and the manipulation of the tassel is a part of some jian performances.
Szczerbiec is a 98 cm-long (39 in) ceremonial sword bearing rich Gothic ornamentation, dated to the mid-13th century. [8] [9] It is classified as a type XII sword with a type I pommel and a type 6 crossguard according to the Oakeshott typology, [6] although the blade may have changed its shape due to centuries of corrosion and intensive cleaning before every coronation.
The sword is notable as the best-preserved specimen of a small group of medieval swords with a type M pommel in the typology of Oakeshott (1964). This type of pommel is an apparently specifically British derivation of the Viking Age multi-lobed pommel.
Pommel may refer to: Pommel (saddle) , the raised area at the front of an equestrian saddle Pommel (sword) , the cap at the end of the hilt of a European sword
An “exceptionally rare” solid-gold sword pommel discovered by a metal detectorist and which dates back to the early medieval period has come into the ownership of Scotland’s national museums.
The deity Acala (known as Fudō Myōō in Japan) is depicted in Buddhist art holding a sword which may or may not be flaming and sometimes described only generically as a treasure sword (宝剣, hōken) or as a vajra-sword (金剛剣, kongō-ken), as the pommel of the sword is shaped like a talon-like vajra (金剛杵, kongō-sho).
The sword's pommel is made of Lewisian gneiss from Iona, and the hilt of oak sourced from Perthshire. [3] The hilt and the crossguard are a swirling thistle. [7] The blade is engraved with the royal motto of Scotland: "In my defens God me defend" on one side, and the other side with the motto of the Order of the Thistle: "Nemo me impune lacessit" (none attack me unpunished).
A cache of “excellently preserved” 1,900-year-old Roman swords have been unearthed in a cave near the Dead Sea by archaeologists in Israel.. The swords were likely seized and hidden by rebel ...