> > I have heared once that at some timeperiod really big ceremonial swords > > were made, that had been carried in front important people at parades. > > Such swords might be the source of that rumor. > > That's quite possible. There is one such ceremonial sword dating to the > 16th century in the Army museum in Istanbul (it probably comes either from > a German context in Siebenbürgen or from the Hungarian court) and the > accompanying text has the usual nonsense about Western knights hewing > about with these monsters until they were felled by the arrows of nimble > janissaries.
LOL. The Parade sword in the Royal Armouries is 7 feet long. But that was based on a 15 or 16th C zweihander - Which is the biggest of all European swords. Bigger even than the greatswords. [And more used like a staff] [not all swords happened at the same time.... most rpgs tend to think this isnt true] > But the quality of all text in Istanbul's museums is hit-or-miss, anyway. > > Volker I've heard that before. I hope to get the chance to see around xmas this year McE _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
