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Fig. 663. Sword
Hispano-Moorish, late XVth century
Royal Armoury, Madrid
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Fig. 664. Sword
Hispano-Moorish, late XVth century. Metropolitan Museum of New York
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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."