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Source Description
The partisan, a staff weapon with a symmetrical head, was carried by infantry officers and members of princely bodyguards during the 1600s and 1700s.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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96562
label
Partisan
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object
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Source metadata
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96562
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object
title
Partisan
description
The partisan, a staff weapon with a symmetrical head, was carried by infantry officers and members of princely bodyguards during the 1600s and 1700s.
date
c. 1650
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778592
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Blade: 33 cm (13 in.); Haft: 100.5 cm (39 9/16 in.)
cul
France, 17th century
accession
1916.31
Source extras
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steel; round wood haft
tombstone
Partisan, c. 1650. France, 17th century. Steel; round wood haft; blade: 33 cm (13 in.); haft: 100.5 cm (39 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.31
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
didYouKnow
The ceremonial use of staff weapons continues to this day by the Swiss Guards at the Vatican.
citations
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
p. 167, cat. no. 95
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
p. 188, cat. no. 118
citation
<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
page_number
No. 366
citation
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page_number
Mention: p. 205, H74; Reproduced: Plate XLIV, H74
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
galleryDonorText
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Armor Court
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2026-05-29 05:11:57.497000
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96562
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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steel; round wood haft
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