Robin Smith wrote: |
Anything on the reverse? |
Yes, "scrolls and folliage". Stay tuned, there's more to come.
Robin Smith wrote: |
Anything on the reverse? |
Jeremy V. Krause wrote: |
The inlay is beautiful! I am really enjoying watching this beautiful sword come to life. |
Josh Wilson wrote: |
[What does the inscription mean? |
J.D. Crawford wrote: |
So it goes. In the mean time, I wonder about the meaning of the inscription: + NEDEHER EWEDENI + +
This does not appear to be Latin or any easily recognizeable religeous invocation. I did a bit of research and came to these partially-formed ideas: NEDEHER - could be an acronym - the semi-repetitive NE DE RE is reminiscent of some repetitive medieval sword inscriptions like ANTANT or TOTO - similar to German NEHER (middle) or Jewish NEDER (sort of a religious vow). - a google search reveals several current latin surnames with this spelling so it could be a proper name EWEDENI - sounds to me like a proper name, something like Edwin - similar to Nigernian proper name Ewedemi - contains most letters of 'Sweden', but seems unlikely that S would be missing. - similar to a Czech word for seduction (again seems rather unlikely). Either could be a mis-spelling like on older swords, although one might think 14th century artisans to be more literate If anyone has insights into this phrase, I would be very interested to hear about it. -JD |
J.D. Crawford wrote: | ||||
Wish I knew! This was as far as I got the other day, but so far no comments from anyone better informed:
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Tim Lison wrote: |
This sword looks great! I am loving the inlay. JD, you are making me want to spend money! I know how Russia and the US must have felt in the 50s... |
J.D. Crawford wrote: |
Or it could just be that you've done most of the best 10-11th century swords and I can't keep up with your output, so I'm left searching for interesting and overlooked nuggets of gold in the next two centuries.. |
J Helmes wrote: |
Hello Folks. First I want to thank everyone for their encouraging posts. Your input has been a big help to me. I don't post often but I follow the thread daily.
I have a question. The inlay on the back of the original blade is not particularly appealing to me. I don't think it is as strong as the work on the front. I would like to inlay the reverse side on the blade along the same lines as the original but with images that I find more pleasing. I have asked Doug about this and he is fine with the change. I am wondering if any of you have some pictures of blade inlay that would be suitable. I have a copy of Records of the Medieval Sword. I look forward to your feedback Jeff |
Tim Lison wrote: |
Here's a decent pic of the reverse of the sword which the Vigil is based on... Something graphic like this would work nicely. There are some other great examples I can think of but I don't have time to search for them at the moment. I may have to scan a few pics from books too... I'll post some ideas later tonight JD! |