have both lost their arch-shaped pommels, like the cinquedea in the Louvre (Fig. 859), which, with a blade of different section, possesses the same shaped grip, etched with the arms of Giovanni Francesco of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua.
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Fig. 860. Cinquedea
(a) With its original scabbard. North Italian, about 1490-1500. J 776, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris
(b) Of great beauty of workmanship, with its original scabbard. North Italian, about 1490-1500. J 774, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris
(c) With its original scabbard. North Italian, about 1490-1500. J 775, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris
To come to the Continent; the Musée d'Artillerie of Paris exhibits eight examples, of which we illustrate three (Fig. 860, a, b, and c). It also shows a most interesting cuir bouilli scabbard of a cinquedea, which bears the inscription, OPVS HERCVLIS, doubtless the signature of the Jew, Salomone da Sesso, whom we have also referred to under the name of Ercole dei Fideli (ante, p. 69). Of the Musée d'Artillerie cinquedea, J 774 (Fig. 860b) is undoubtedly the finest; for the proportions are large, the hilt is elaborately decorated, and the
