Schiavona Broadsword
1700s
Overall: 100.3 cm (39 1/2 in.); Blade: 84.4 cm (33 1/4 in.); Grip: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); Guard: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.698
This broadsword or basket-hilted sword is a type that was often carried by the bodyguards of the Doge of Venice who came from the Dalmatian Coast of present-day Croatia and were then called Schavoni in Venice. The complex barred guard slopes forward and protects the hand.
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1916.698
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Terms
Culture
Italy, Venice
Technique
steel, brass, leather and wood
Genre
Arms and Armor
Department
Medieval Art
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