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"measurements": "Overall: 101.9 cm (40 1/8 in.); Blade: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Grip: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)",
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"inscription": "Ercole dei Fideli",
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"title": "Armor Court Reinstallation",
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"did_you_know": "Ercole dei Fedeli was an Italian goldsmith and master sword engraver; his name appears on this blade.",
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"description": "This parade sword has a steel blade with etched and gilded bands of decoration. The decoration includes allegorical figures such as dancing satyrs and nymphs, amorini or cupids, and triumphs. The pommel, the rounded knob on the end of the handle, is flat and shaped like a shield; a raised rosette further embellishes it. The quillons or two transverse projecting members forming the cross guard, are flattened and drooping toward the blade.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n421"
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"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 11, lot 61; Reproduced: lot 61",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/Zschille/page/n17"
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"citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 99, E35; Reproduced: Plate XXIII, E35",
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"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
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