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Fig. 663. Sword

Hispano-Moorish, late XVth century

Royal Armoury, Madrid

Fig. 664. Sword

Hispano-Moorish, late XVth century. Metropolitan Museum of New York

Fig. 665. Sword

Hispano-Moorish style, but now recognized to be a forgery

Royal Armoury, Madrid

blue, white, and red. The decoration runs along the pommel and quillons. The grip is fashioned of ivory carved with great minuteness.Two octagons are on each side, with an inscription in semi-Cufic letters, which may be translated, "(May you) obtain your object" on one side; and on the other: "in saving his life."