This page needs to be proofread.
 | An image should appear at this position in the text. To use the entire page scan as a placeholder, edit this page and replace "{{missing image}}" with "{{raw image|A record of European armour and arms through seven centuries (Volume 2).djvu/312}}". Otherwise, if you are able to provide the image then please do so. For guidance, see Wikisource:Image guidelines and Help:Adding images. |  |
Fig. 648. The famous sword of Caesar Borgia
Italian, late XVth century. Collection: Prince Teano, Duke of Sermoneta
| An image should appear at this position in the text. To use the entire page scan as a placeholder, edit this page and replace "{{missing image}}" with "{{raw image|A record of European armour and arms through seven centuries (Volume 2).djvu/312}}". Otherwise, if you are able to provide the image then please do so. For guidance, see Wikisource:Image guidelines and Help:Adding images. | |
Fig. 649. Leather scabbard made for the Caesar Borgia sword
Obverse and reverse of the upper part
Victoria and Albert Museum
Less original in its outline, with a simple wheel pommel and strongly drooping quillons, but exquisite in the delicacy of its enrichment, is the famous sword of Caesar Borgia, Duke of Romagna and Valentinois, which is now preserved in the family of Prince Teano, Duke of Sermoneta (Fig. 648); its superb scabbard of cuir bouilli is separated from it and is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Fig. 649). The enrichment of the hilt is carried out
