av Joakim K » 4 februari 2004, 09:05
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Frågan är om ett liknande vapen som knekten håller i har funnits i Visby eller inte.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Hmmm är det en glaive?
Vet inte riktigt när det kom, men den ser mer 1400 tal ut...
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The name “Glaive” probably comes from the Latin word “Gladius”, meaning sword. From the 13th century onward, the term denotes a pole-arm with a sword-like head. For the most part, the blades were single-edged and convex (Sargeaunt 1908: 23). On the reverse edge of some blades is a spike or hook for breaking through armor. The large
blade surface provided ample room for decoration; coats of arms and other decorations are etched into the blades of ceremonial glaives from the middle ages (Tarassuk & Blair1979:194).<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">