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Migration time in Europe. Who went where and when. |
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Roland demonstrates Durendal's power |
Source: This detail was taken from a picture supplied in
2010 by Marie Therese Ross as part of "Britain Loves Wikipedia".
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Battle Scence (Battle of Antioch) with Adhémar du
Puy holding the holy lance |
Source: British Library Manuscript in the
Yates Thompson Collection (No. 12, f. 29); picture from Wikipedia |
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Here comes a long (and growing)
series of Jesus with a sword coming out of his mouth" pictures.
I keep finding more and more in unexpected places. |
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Jesus
at the last judgement with a double edged sword issuing from his mouth,
exemplifying that the word of God is sharper than a sword. |
Source: "Landgrafenpsalter",
1208 - 1213; Württembg. Landesmuseum, Stuttgart; Germany |
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Jesus at the final judgement with a more discrete sword
close to his mouth.
Found in the city museum of Muenster, Germany. Painted by Jan Baegert (1505 -
1510) for an altar. Note that the sword is not
very typical for 1500 and not particular detailed either. |
Source: Photographed in the Stadtmuseum
Münster; Germany |
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Part of an Altar piece shown in the Hungarian National
Gallery
The artist and other details are given in Hungarian and thus not overly helpful
to the likes of me. |
Source: Photographed in the National
Gallery Budapest |
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Part of a funeral tapestry from 1450 |
Source: Source: Photographed 2015 in the Germanisches
Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Germany |
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The last judgement in the "Bamberger Psalter" from
1230/1240 |
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Source: State library,. Bamberg, Germany |
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"The last Judgement", around 1488, from an unknown
artist belonging to the St Severn School in Cologne (Köln), Germany
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"Life and Passion of Christ", around 1432; Unknow
master in Cologne (Köln) |
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Source: Photgraphed in the Wallraf-Richartz Museun in Cologne
(Köln), Germany, 2016 |
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Part of a Tryptichon in the St. Kunibert Church in Cologne
(Köln), Germany |
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Source: Photographed in St. Kunibert, Köln, 2016 |
Source: This detail was taken from a picture supplied in
2010 by Marie Therese Ross as part of "Britain Loves Wikipedia".
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Unexpected find in the St. Marienkirche, Berlin
Kept in the dark and without referennce to the artist |
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Jean Bellegambe, around 1520, Staatsgaölerie Berlin
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Source: Photographed in the St. Marienkirche, Berlin, 2019
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Jesus at the final judgement with a very discrete sword
close to his mouth.
19th century work |
Source: Photographed in the Dublin, Ireland
cathedral. |
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Jesus with sword "coming out" of his mouth (sort of). Fresco
in the Aarhus (Denmark) Cathedral from 1470 -1520. |
Source: Photographed in Aarhus, 2015 |
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Jesus with sword "coming out" of his mouth. From
an altar in Hildesheim or so,
Niedersachsen, Germany, around 1430 |
Source: Photographed in the
"Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum", Hannover, Germany |
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Here is a somewhat unusual use of a
sword.
You need to smoke strong stuff or be very religious to come up with ideas like
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Sun dial with a (real) sword stuck into Maria as dial |
Source: Photographed in Aarhus, 2015 |
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Here is another unusual one: Jesusu
with two swords coming out of his mouth. It
can be seen in the cathedral in Ratzeburg, Germany and was painted around 1400
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Double-sworded Jesus in Ratzeburg |
Source: Photographed 2021 in trhe cathedral
in Ratzeburg, Germany |
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Jesusu here löooks down on you
from the centre of an unbelievably grandiose rondelle in Saint Chapelle, Paris
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Jesus eating his sword in Paris |
Source: Photographed in Paris, Nov. 2021
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Siegfried doing his thing at the entrance door
to the City Hall in Oslo, capital of Norway |
Source: Photograhed there |
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The queen doing a bit of knighting ( It's Michael Ogio,
Gouvernor General of Papau-New Guinea). |
Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung; April
28, 2011; Foto : Getty |
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Brünhilde on her trusty horse Grane.
Note the dead Siegmund still clutching parts of broken Notung and
Brünhildes impenetrable forged steel bra. Also note that this was a famous
performance. The technical quality of the records, however, is execrably bad. I
wonder, if that was an unlicensed pirate copy - the name of the extremely
famous dramatic soprano Kirsten Flagstad is
actually misspelled! |
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Pot, partially hollowed out by drilling with (presumably)
hollow copper drills.
Found in the National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City).
Of course, the museum does not give an explanation of what you see,
not to mention that this pot is truly remarkable in the context of old tools
and techniques. |
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Sword given by a Saudi-Arabian princess to her
German doctor after 1950 as a gift |
Source: Internet |
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With frame

Books and Other Major Sources
Steel Guys
Group 11 / IB; Copper Group
Critical Museum Guide: Landesmuseum Württemberg; Württemberg
State Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
The Ages
Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung"
Swords and Symbols
The Verhoeven - Wadsworth Jousting Tournament
11.4.3 Ulfberht Swords
Early Pyrotechnolgy - Pottery
2.1.2 What Swords Are for Me
Sword Names
2.1.1 What, Beyond the Obvious, are Swords?
Serpent in the Sword
The Zulfiqar
Fake Wootz?
Old Sagas, Heroes and Swords
Old Iron Things
Theoderic's "Thank You" letter
Percussion Point
© H. Föll (Iron, Steel and Swords script)