ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH SWORDS
LOOPED SWORD BY SEBASTIAN HERNANDEZ “EL VIEJO”, 16th century. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)
Reference | 2-1580-C |
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Name | Looped sword |
Manufacturer | Sebastián Hernández “el Viejo” |
Era | 16th century |
Guard | Looped, made of white hardened iron and chiseled only on the front. The grip formed by two flat and curved quillons in opposite directions, in the center, a small shield shaped point, from where the knuckle guard and two extensions with two half shells at the cross-section and a bridge at the top emerge. Elliptical pommel with a knob and decorated like the rest of the weapon. Tapered wooden grip covered with tightly twisted silver wire and two ferrules at the Turkish head. Cross-guard with a wide hollow and marked with Hernández “el Viejo”. |
Blade | Straight, in the strong third, with a hollow and the armorer’s name. The rest with three flat areas and a double edge up to the tip. |
Inscription | SEBASTIAN HERNANDEZ; Rodríguez del Canto and Palomares attribute the mark that this sword bears engraved on the cross-guard to Sebastián Hernández “el Viejo”. |
Pommel | Simple in ovoid shape and very similar to number 54 from Norman’s book which was used between 1530 and 1580. |
Total Length | 948 mm |
Blade Length | 750 mm |
Blade Width | 34 mm |
Location | Royal Armory of Madrid |
Museum Inventory | NATIONAL HERITAGE no. inv. G-53 |