Vadi: Sword in Armour: Forma de Spada (Fol 27v)
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Forma de Spada (Fol 27v)
System: Interpreting Filippo Vadi
Section: Sword in Armour
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Shape of the Sword in Armour
The sword for fighting in armour should be shaped as follows, thus: it should be of a length to come with the pommel under the arm, sharpened four fingers from the point. Its handle should be of a span.2 The crossguard should be as long as the handle of the sword, and it should be pointed on every side. And similarly, the pommel should be pointed, so that you can strike with any of these [parts].
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- Facsimile: The Spada Press facsimile of De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi
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Source: Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma, Fondo Vittorio Emanuele, Codice 1324 Translation: Dr. Guy Windsor
