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Source Description
A hand-and-a-half sword is a large sword with a double-edged blade and a long grip that, when necessary, could accommodate both hands to wield it. The grip of this sword is made of sharkskin and has been fitted around a wooden core. On the blade are two yet to be identified marks.
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Document identity
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147960
label
Hand-and-a-Half Sword
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
147960
contentType
object
title
Hand-and-a-Half Sword
description
A hand-and-a-half sword is a large sword with a double-edged blade and a long grip that, when necessary, could accommodate both hands to wield it. The grip of this sword is made of sharkskin and has been fitted around a wooden core. On the blade are two yet to be identified marks.
date
c.1540–80
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60741707
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 116.8 cm (46 in.); Blade: 94.8 cm (37 5/16 in.); Quillions: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); Grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
cul
Germany
accession
1974.58
Source extras
tec
steel; wood, leather, sharkskin grip
tombstone
Hand-and-a-Half Sword, c.1540–80. Germany. Steel; wood, leather, sharkskin grip; overall: 116.8 cm (46 in.); blade: 94.8 cm (37 5/16 in.); quillions: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Bascom Little Estate, 1974.58
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
inscriptions
inscription
on blade: CEA
didYouKnow
If you are looking for this in the armor court, look up; this sword is part of one of the panoply or decorative arrangements on the wall.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (1975).
page_number
p. 98, cat. no. 43
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
cat. no. 200, p. 172
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
cat. no. 133, p. 188
creditline
Gift from the Bascom Little Estate
galleryDonorText
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Armor Court
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2026-05-29 07:35:58.752000
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147960
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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steel; wood, leather, sharkskin grip
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1
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0
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photo
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