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Source Description
The perforations within the blade were meant to provide elasticity, preventing it from snapping during vigorous parries. The serrations were arranged not for producing an unpleasant wound, but to "catch" the adversary's blade.
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Document identity
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95934
label
Parrying Dagger
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
95934
contentType
object
title
Parrying Dagger
description
The perforations within the blade were meant to provide elasticity, preventing it from snapping during vigorous parries. The serrations were arranged not for producing an unpleasant wound, but to "catch" the adversary's blade.
date
c. 1580–1610
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60755848
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.); Blade: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); Quillions: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
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Italy, late 16th - early 17th Century
accession
1916.1657
Source extras
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steel, copper wire
tombstone
Parrying Dagger, c. 1580–1610. Italy, late 16th - early 17th Century. Steel, copper wire; overall: 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.); blade: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); quillions: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1657
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 2, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (103) 106
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. 217, I19; Reproduced: Plate XLVI, I19
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. 2d ed., 1948.
page_number
Reproduction: p. 48
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:09:42.690000
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95934
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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steel, copper wire
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0
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photo
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