The sword : form and thought : proceedings of the second Sword Conference 19/20 November 2015 Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen /: form and thought : proceedings of the second Sword Conference 19/20 November 2015 Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Lisa Deutscher, Mirjam Kaiser, Sixt Wetzler.
• Editors: Deutscher, Lisa; Kaiser, Mirjam; Wetzler, Sixt
• Other Names: Sword Conference, 2nd
• Contents: "What is the riddle of steel?": problems of classification and terminology in the study of late medieval swords / Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis -- Challenging typologies: swords in the Utrecht Psalter / Stefan Mäder -- "...schirmen mit Federklingen": towards a terminology of fencing swords (1400-1600) / Daniel Jaquet -- Phosphoric iron and welded patterns: the reconstruction of an early medieval sword from Beckum / Ulrich Lehmann, Stevan Roth and claus Lipka -- Material and properties of VLFBERHT swords / Ingo Petri -- A sword from the Rhine: restoration, examination and classification of a chance find / Holger Becker -- The highest art of smithery: research on a Tyrolean sword / Florian Messner and Ulrike Töchterle -- The battle for glory: form and function of early Nordic Bronze Age swords / Jan-Heinrich Bunnefeld -- The iron sword from the "Warrior's Grave" in Lanuvium / Fabrizio Savi -- The swords of the italic kings / Vincenzo d'Ercole -- Three treasures in one blade: thoughts on a rare form of the Japanese sword / Michael Mattner -- ".j. veel feble fauchon dil anxien temps." The selection of the Falchion as symbol of tenure: form, function and symbolism / Robert W. Jones -- The way of the Northmen: the development of the Norman sword from Duke Rollo in Normandy to Emperor Frederick II in Sicily from the tenth to the thirteenth century / Nicole Mölk -- Researching Bronze Age swordsmanship: experiments and wear analysis / Raphael Hermann, Andrea Dolfini, Rachel J. Crellin and Marion Uckelmann -- Egenolff's fight book: form and thought, then and now / Matthias Johannes Bauer -- A sword for a system: the pattern 1796 light cavalry sword / Henry Yallop
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 272 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 623.441; Swords -- History -- Congresses; Swordplay -- History -- Congresses; Swordplay; Swords; Conference papers and proceedings; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787444805; 1787444805
• Related ISBNs: 9781783274277; 1783274271
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-262) and indexes; Note: Description based on print version record
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