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Source Description
The schiavona-type broadsword features a complex barred guard that slopes forward. Its name derives from the Italian word for "Slavonic" and refers to the Slavonian corps who served as bodyguards to the Doge of Venice until the end of the Venetian Republic in 1797. Such swords were popular mainly with the Venetians.
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Document identity
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97051
label
Schiavona Broadsword
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97051
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object
title
Schiavona Broadsword
description
The schiavona-type broadsword features a complex barred guard that slopes forward. Its name derives from the Italian word for "Slavonic" and refers to the Slavonian corps who served as bodyguards to the Doge of Venice until the end of the Venetian Republic in 1797. Such swords were popular mainly with the Venetians.
date
early 1700s
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language
en
wikidata
Q60778795
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 107.3 cm (42 1/4 in.); Blade: 92.7 cm (36 1/2 in.); Grip: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); Guard: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
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Italy, Venice
accession
1916.705
Source extras
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steel and silver wire grip. silver pommel
tombstone
Schiavona Broadsword, early 1700s. Italy, Venice. Steel and silver wire grip. silver pommel; overall: 107.3 cm (42 1/4 in.); blade: 92.7 cm (36 1/2 in.); grip: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); guard: 12.7 cm (5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.705
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MED - Arms & Armor
didYouKnow
A broadsword is a sword with a straight, wide, two-edged blade and was used by European heavy cavalry through the 1800s.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
page_number
cat. no, 558
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: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 117, E71; Reproduced: Plate XXX, E71
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
pp. 116, 169; cat. no. 136
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
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cat. no. 170, p. 191
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:13:43.569000
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97051
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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steel and silver wire grip. silver pommel
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