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Executioner's sword, late 17th century (steel, wood, brass & copper wire)

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Executioner's sword, late 17th century (steel, wood, brass & copper wire)
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German School, (17th century) / German
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
Medium
steel, wood, brass and copper wire
Dimensions
108.9x22.5 cms
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Although the axe was favored in England, for centuries swords were used throughout Central Europe for beheadings. The blades were often etched with moralizing inscriptions and designs representing Justice (as here), the gallows, the rack, or the Crucifixion. By the early 1700s swords were no longer used in Europe for executions, but they still functioned as symbols of power. This sword was probably ceremonial. Inscribed on blade: 'Wan ich Das Schwerdt thu auff heben so / Wunch ich Dem armen sunder das Ewege Leben'.

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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance / Bridgeman Images
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weapon / beheading / execution / decoration / blades / sword / swords / metal / capital punishment / justice / death penalty / metallic / execution / weapon / weapons / metalwork / executioner / etched / blunt / blade / engraved / militaria / executioner's

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