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Fig. 1505. Hilt of a sword
Of French workmanship, about 1620. Imperial Armoury, Vienna
than Ambrosio Caradosso, and accepted by the greatest experts as being his work. With this attribution the author does not agree. How difficult it is to date the hilt of a XVIIth century weapon in cases in which the older motifs of decoration are utilized! Just such another hilt as the Windsor
