A Medieval Sword Of Oakeshott Type X

Mid-Late 12th Century, in excavated condition, with tapering double-edged blade with central fuller over nearly its entire length to the point on both sides, the forte on one side cut with a row of four addorsed 'C' marks, the fuller on the other side indistinctly cut with the inscription 'NOMINE DOMINI', hilt comprising flat arched quillons widening at the tips, later leather-covered grip and pommel of cocked-hat form.

88 cm. blade, 102 cm. overall

Sold for £7,500 inc. premium

Provenance:

Lamberth-Audenarde Collection
Acquired from the Court Cross Collection, Norway, June 1932

Literature:

Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, Middelalderens tveæggede Svæde, 1954, vol. I, pp. 41, 43, 114 and 187, and vol. II, pp. 8 and 93, pl. 9b
Hoffmeyer, cat. no. 34, pp. 47, 72 and 73, figs. 9 and 15

A closely related sword is in the Landesmuseum, Zurich (inv. no. 6347)

The quillons conform to Oakeshott's Style 6 with a pommel of Type E.

Extract from Records of the Medieval Sword by Ewart Oakeshott regarding Type X: www.sword-site.com/thread/118/oakeshott-type-records-medieval-sword

Source: www.bonhams.com/auctions/19796/lot/58/