15th Century Side Sword: Renaissance Elegance

Reference	2-1475-A
Name	Sword with Sidebars “CATHALDO-ME FECIT”
Era	15th Century
Guard	Made of iron, decorated with ornamental designs in chiselled gold. Disk pommel worked with fallen quillons ending in sidebars with balls.
Blade	Straight with a central fuller almost to the tip, double-edged and with three surfaces in the last third.
Total Length	960 mm
Blade Length	795 mm
Width	36 mm
Description	A splendid example of a Spanish sword belonging to the second half of the 15th century, at the beginnings of the Renaissance. The appearance of the sidebars originates in Spain.
Museum Inventory	Instituto Valencia de Don Juan, inv. no. 59