Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Volume 5The Society, 1908 |
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... weapons obtained at a very early period in nearly every country , and very probably succeeded to that of inscribing the name ... weapon , in other instances it appears as a sacred invocation , an admonition addressed to the bearer , or a ...
... weapons obtained at a very early period in nearly every country , and very probably succeeded to that of inscribing the name ... weapon , in other instances it appears as a sacred invocation , an admonition addressed to the bearer , or a ...
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... weapon . Thus are preserved the names of the Mimung of Wieland , the Balmung of Sigfrid , the Grauer of Sigurd , the Durandal of Roland , the poisoned Hrunting made famous by its owner Beowulf , the Dainlief of Hagen , the Tryfing of ...
... weapon . Thus are preserved the names of the Mimung of Wieland , the Balmung of Sigfrid , the Grauer of Sigurd , the Durandal of Roland , the poisoned Hrunting made famous by its owner Beowulf , the Dainlief of Hagen , the Tryfing of ...
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... weapons inscribed with the name of Galand , and an English MS . of about the time of the first Edward describes the sword of King Arthur's knight Gawain with this inscription : " Jeo su forth trenchant e dure ; Galaan me fyth par mult ...
... weapons inscribed with the name of Galand , and an English MS . of about the time of the first Edward describes the sword of King Arthur's knight Gawain with this inscription : " Jeo su forth trenchant e dure ; Galaan me fyth par mult ...
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... weapons , as the perforations weaken the blade very materially at a part where strength is most required . More frequently such swords had the paternoster marks indicated by transverse and vertical rows of small circular hollows punched ...
... weapons , as the perforations weaken the blade very materially at a part where strength is most required . More frequently such swords had the paternoster marks indicated by transverse and vertical rows of small circular hollows punched ...
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... weapon made for his own use he usually chose a passage from the Koran to be engraved on the blade ; hence in Byron's Bride of Abydos is " So may the Koran verse display'd Upon its steel , direct my blade In danger's hour . " Thus the ...
... weapon made for his own use he usually chose a passage from the Koran to be engraved on the blade ; hence in Byron's Bride of Abydos is " So may the Koran verse display'd Upon its steel , direct my blade In danger's hour . " Thus the ...
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