The Morgan scramasax

Author

Brown, Katharine R.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Metropolitan Museum journal/Essays in honor of Helmut Nickel. 1989, Vol. 24, p. 71-73, 2 ill.

ISSN

0077-8958

Abstract (en)

Examines the iconography of two 7th c. Frankish objects in the Metropolitan Museum, New York: a scramasax or short sword with four stylized human heads, and an openwork silvered bronze plaque with an equestrian figure wearing a scramasax.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Decorative arts -- Metalwork
• Scramasaxes
• Bronze
• Plaquettes
• Franks
• 600-700
• Horsemen
• Heads
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Iconography
• Metalwork
• Armor

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Arts décoratifs -- Arts du métal
• Scramasaxe
• Bronze [ma]
• Plaquette
• Francs
• 600-700
• Cavaliers
• Tête
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Iconographie
• Art du métal
• Armure

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447170

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