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THBRare Holyland / Byzantine Iron Paramerion Sword
Lot 103
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A well preserved iron sword of the form known as paramerion, this example with the gentlest of curves to the blade - artwork of the time period depicts this style of sword anywhere from a scimitar-like curve to a nearly straight blade. The guard would later be popular among the Ottomans, with short, tapering quillions and triangular langets. The blade is broad, thin in cross section, and the edges taper very gradually to a rounded tip. The name - paramerion - means "along the thigh", where this would have rested when not being wielded with deadly force. Size: 5.6" W x 38.5" H (14.2 cm x 97.8 cm)
This style of sword is depicted on a variety of 13th century icons, held by Michael the Archangel and others. Its most famous artistic portrayal is on the portrait of Nikephoros II Phokas, now displayed at the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice. It seems to have evolved from either the langseax of the Huns or the Greco-Roman spatha. It was used by the kataphraktoi or cataphracts, the armored heavy cavalry of the Byzantine army.
Provenance: ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection, acquired at auction
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#148122Iron is pitted with some small losses along the edges, but is overall in excellent condition for age. The handle covering and the pommel are lost.Condition
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