Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London [etc.] : T.N. Foulis · leaf 380
d, which probably belonged toFerdinand the Catholic, is of the kind known asof a hand and a half {de mano y media; seep. 248, note), and also of the class denominatedestoques de arzdn, or saddle-bow swords, beingcommonly slung from the forepart of the saddleupon the left side of the rider.… … ADARGAI • men |. Madrid) ARMS the fray, and very nearly caused his death.Siculo adds that after this experience Ferdinandinvariably wore his sword girt round his person,just as he wears it in the carving on the choir-stalls of Toledo. The Royal Armoury contains another swordimproperly attributed…
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