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'Swords' of the 'Migration Period' show a transition from the Germanic iron seax influenced by the Early Iron Age Celtic sword, to the the "Viking sword" type influenced by the Roman spatha, including the Romano-Germanic 'ring sword' type.
The blade is normally smooth or shows a very shallow fuller, and often has multiple bands of pattern-welding within the central portion. The handles were often of perishable material and there are few surviving examples.
Surviving examples of these Germanic Iron Age (Vendel period) swords had blades measuring between 28" and 32" (710 and 810 mm) in length and 1.7" to 2.4" (45 to 60 mm) in width. These single handed weapons of war sported a tang only some 4" to 5" (100 to 130 mm) long, and had very little taper in their blades ending in usually rounded tip.
★ Spatha
★ Bronze Age sword
★ Celtic sword
★ Viking sword
★ Migration period spear
★ Gothic and Vandal warfare
★ Anglo-Saxon warfare
★ Viking Age arms and armour
★ Mediæval Sword Virtual Museum [1]
★ ring sword replica
★ 5th to 7th c. Germanic sword / seax
★ http://www.aiusa.com/medsword/serpent.html
'Swords' of the 'Migration Period' show a transition from the Germanic iron seax influenced by the Early Iron Age Celtic sword, to the the "Viking sword" type influenced by the Roman spatha, including the Romano-Germanic 'ring sword' type.
The blade is normally smooth or shows a very shallow fuller, and often has multiple bands of pattern-welding within the central portion. The handles were often of perishable material and there are few surviving examples.
Surviving examples of these Germanic Iron Age (Vendel period) swords had blades measuring between 28" and 32" (710 and 810 mm) in length and 1.7" to 2.4" (45 to 60 mm) in width. These single handed weapons of war sported a tang only some 4" to 5" (100 to 130 mm) long, and had very little taper in their blades ending in usually rounded tip.
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| See also |
| External links |
See also
★ Spatha
★ Bronze Age sword
★ Celtic sword
★ Viking sword
★ Migration period spear
★ Gothic and Vandal warfare
★ Anglo-Saxon warfare
★ Viking Age arms and armour
External links
★ Mediæval Sword Virtual Museum [1]
★ ring sword replica
★ 5th to 7th c. Germanic sword / seax
★ http://www.aiusa.com/medsword/serpent.html
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