Manople
| Manople | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | sword |
| Designations: | Gauntlet-Sword, Moorish-boarding-Sword |
| Use: | Combat weapon, grappling weapon |
| Creation time: | approx. 15th century |
| Working time: | approx. 15.-16. Century |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , Arabia |
| Distribution: | India, Arabia |
| Overall length: | approx. 80 cm |
| Blade length: | approx. 50 cm |
| Handle: | metal |
| Particularities: | closely resembles the Indian pata (weapon) |
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The manople (also Gauntlet-Sword , or Moorish-boarding-Sword ) is a cutting and stabbing weapon from the Indo-Arab region from the 15th and 16th centuries.
history
The Manople was developed as a weapon of war by Indo-Arab peoples. It is similar to the Indian pata. It spread to Spanish sailors and was used as a cutlass .
description
The manople is the further development of a Qatar . The internal cross handle of the Manople is identical in structure to that of the Qatar. The difference is that the Manople protects the wearer's entire hand and forearm. At the beginning of the development, wider metal plates were simply placed on the side arm protection bars of the Qatar in order to improve the protection for the hand. Another plate was added later to protect the top of the hand. At the end of the development, the entire outside of the hand and forearm is protected by a solid steel jacket that extends almost to the elbow. Two leather straps and two additional metal straps are attached to the forearm protection in order to connect the forearm to the armor more firmly → Pata (weapon) . In many examples, the handguard is richly engraved, decorated with engravings or gold-plated. The blade of the Manople is straight, double-edged and tapered to a point. It has a strong central ridge and two fork-shaped, curved, short blades are attached to the right and left side of the blade, which are used for attack, but also for defense. The length of the blade is about 50 cm.
literature
- 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, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (Reprint), pp. 436–437 [1]
- Nick Evangelista , WM Gaugler: The encyclopedia of the sword. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995, ISBN 978-0-313-27896-9 .
- Albert Frederick Calvert: Spanish Arms and Armor, Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armory of Madrid. John Lane Publisher, 1907, plate 207 [2]
Web links
- Manople, illustration from Albert F. Calvert, Spanish Arms and Armor. Page 206, object 1562 (online at archive.org, accessed September 9, 2009).