Cinquedea
| Cinquedea | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Dagger, short sword |
| Designations: | Chinqueda, Anelace, Langue de Bœuf, Veruna, Pistos, Ox tongue |
| Use: | Civil weapon |
| Creation time: | around 15th century |
| Working time: | 15th to 16th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Italy |
| Distribution: | Europe |
| Overall length: | about 35 to 50 cm |
| Blade length: | from about 20 cm, varying |
| Blade width: | about 10 cm, varying |
| Handle: | Wood, metal, ivory , bone |
| Particularities: | Some blades reach a length that would lead to classification as a (short) sword |
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The Cinquedea , also called Cinqueda , (in German called ox tongue, English anelace , French langue de Bœuf , Czech Veruna or Pistos ) is a late medieval bladed weapon with an extra- wide blade. It was developed in northern Italy and was mainly worn by civilians in the 15th and 16th centuries.
description
The length of the weapons varied from about 35 to 50 cm between dagger and short sword size .
The name Cinquedea ('five fingers') refers to the width of the blade on the hilt. The blade is the width of a hand directly below the tang, tapers sharply from the tang to the tip and has a characteristic hollow grind .
The pommel is disc-shaped, the handle consists of one piece. The crossguards are relatively short and curved downwards.
The wide blade is ideal for ornamentation, so that very nicely designed specimens, from simple patterns to whole groups of figures, can be found in the various collections.
swell
- Wendelin Boeheim: Handbook of the armory. Reprint d. Ed. Leipzig 1890, Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 978-3-201-00257-8 .
- Eduard Wagner: cutting and stabbing weapons. 2nd Edition. Werner Dausien Verlag, Hanau 1985, ISBN 978-3-7684-1598-9 .
