The Sword with the Sleeve Cross-Guard in the Fresco from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar Island
Raffaele D’Amato and Dmytro Dymydyuk · 2021
Catalogue summary
A sword with a sleeve cross-guard in Aghtamar's 915–921 Massacre of the Innocents fresco is compared with Byzantine-type archaeological finds from Eastern Europe and the Near East.
Why this matters
The comparison tests whether Armenian figurative evidence can reliably supplement physical remains in medieval military history.
Citation
Raffaele D’Amato and Dmytro Dymydyuk 2021. The Sword with the Sleeve Cross-Guard in the Fresco from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar Island. Studia Ceranea Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe. https://doi.org/10.18778/2084-140x.11.06
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