Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Goddara
Sword with a curved blade and padded hilt; often highly decorated.
From Encyclopedia
- Compound-Hilt & Complex-Guard
- Term for the many forms of hilts in Renaissance and on some late-Medieval swords. Ususally consist of finger-rings,…
- Lammellar
- Form of armor. Consist of small metal plates stitched together.
- Gala
- Sword with a carved wooden handle and no guard.
- Vervelles
- Bronze, brass, or latten staples that attached to a bascinet to enable the leather cuff of an aventail to be secured to the helmet.
