id:			95819
accession number:	1916.1506
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1506
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:10.525000

Hand-and-a-Half Sword, c. 1550. Germany, mid-16th century. Steel, blued pommel and quillions, leather grip; overall: 123.9 cm (48 3/4 in.); blade: 92.3 cm (36 5/16 in.); quillions: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.); grip: 30.5 cm (12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1506

title:				Hand-and-a-Half Sword
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 1550
creation date earliest:		1545
creation date latest:		1555
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, mid-16th century
technique:	steel, blued pommel and quillions, leather grip
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 123.9 cm (48 3/4 in.); Blade: 92.3 cm (36 5/16 in.); Quillions: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.); Grip: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
There are three unidentified marks on the fuller of this blade.

digital description:
A hand-and-a-half sword is a large sword with a double-edged blade and a long grip so it could accommodate both hands. It was also know as a bastard sword. It would primarily be used with one hand, but if desired, the second hand could be used to give extra weight to the blow.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat. #489
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 89, E12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n132

	Fliegel, Stephen N<em>. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 159, p. 170
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 134, p. 189
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1506/1916.1506_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1506/1916.1506_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1506/1916.1506_full.tif