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LOT 0354
Medieval Stained Glass Panel with Head
15TH CENTURY A.D.
5 5/8 in. (87 grams, 14.2 cm).
Irregular panel in a lead frame with profile bust of an elderly bearded man. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Rieunier & Associes, Paris, 25 October 2004, no.52 [Part].
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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There were four essential ways to carry the small knifes in late Middle Ages: a) with the scabbard tucked diagonally behind belt, without suspension loop; b) without scabbard, simply thrust through the purse of the belt; c) with the scabbard tied horizontally at waist with suspension holes in the widened handle flap; d) suspended vertically from thong looped over the belt, in the scabbard.
