Badelaire
| Badelaire | |
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| Weapon type: | sword |
| Designations: | Craquemart |
| Use: | military and civil weapon |
| Creation time: | 13th Century |
| Working time: | 13th to 17th centuries |
| Region of origin / author: |
France |
| Distribution: | Europe |
| Handle: | Wood, horn, metal, ivory |
| Particularities: | Blade with jelman, handle often engraved or Tausia decorated |
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The badelaire (French: Craquemart ) is a curved sword from the 17th century.
history
The direct predecessors of badelaire emerged in France in the 13th century. There they were called "Fauchon". From the 14th century they appeared, somewhat elongated and with a bizarrely shaped blade under the name "Bazelaire", a little later under the name Badelaire . The badelaire remained in use until the 17th century. Even after the 17th century there were swords that were made in the same way as a badelaire (like the "Coltellagio"), but were not assigned to the badelaire class.
description
The badelaire has a strongly curved, single-edged, knife-like blade that is almost straight to the point . Just before the tip it bends upwards. The blade has a Jelman that is sharply ground on the top. The booklet has a quillons that are bent up on one side and down on the opposite side. The handle is made of wood, bone, metal or ivory. The booklet is made of metal. The blade, quillons and pommel are often artistically engraved or decorated with inlays ( Tausia ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, p. 86, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5
literature
- Nick Evangelista : The encyclopedia of the sword , illustrated edition, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995, ISBN 978-0-313-27896-9
- Josef Jordan, The designations of attack weapons in French , P. Rost publishing house, 1911
- Wendelin Boeheim, Handbook of Arms , Nachdr. D. Ed. Leipzig 1890, Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 978-3-201-00257-8
- Charles John Ffoulkes, The Armourer and His Craft , Cosimo, Inc., 2008, ISBN 978-1-60520-412-3