Kleibeg ( English claybeg ) - the Scottish one-handed sword. The name comes from Gaelic. claidheamh beag is a “small sword” [2] , unlike the claymore , which was a “large sword” ( claidheamh mòr ). From European swords contemporary to him, it differed only in a cross-piece of a characteristic V-shape, the same as that of the claymore, the blades were probably imported [1] . Mostly kleibag was used at the end of the XIV and the beginning of the XV century [3] , although later examples were also found, for example, the image on the tombstone of Donald MacGills'easbuig from Finnlagan dated the middle of the 16th century. The sword depicted on this tombstone is also interesting in that it has a lobed top, imitating the tops of Viking swords. The tops of this style (type “M” according to the Oakeshott classification ) can be found on other Scottish tombstones [4] . Other Klegebags have a disk-shaped top, with a significantly protruding end of the shank. Kleibeg was one of the few regional types of swords of that period that had clear external signs that made it possible to distinguish it from other, pan-European, types of swords [5] . As another example of a regional-type medieval sword, one can cite Italian Schiavonescu .
| Kleibag | |
|---|---|
modern klibag replica based on the sword from the tombstone of McGillsbig [1] | |
| Type of | sword |
| A country |  Scotland |
Currently, at least four surviving swords of this type are known. Two are in the National Museum of Scotland , one sword, very similar to the two, is in the Kinbush collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and another in Glasgow , at the Kelvingrove Museum [6] .
Gallery
Tombstone of Donald McGillsbig
Ephesus with a disk top
Ephesus with a topping in the style of Viking swords
Kelvingrow Museum Sword
Stamp " Passover Top" of the Kelvingrove Sword
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 The Caithness . - "Most swords made in Scotland were probably produced by cutlers mounting imported blades with hilts according to local taste and tradition.". Date of treatment January 31, 2014.
- ↑ Thomas Dudley Fosbroke. p. 777 Encyclopædia of Antiquities: And Elements of Archeology, Classical and Mediæval . - 1825. - T. 2.
- ↑ Label, Thomas. Sword. Great illustrated encyclopedia. - M .: Omega, 2011. - S. 94. - 232 p. - ISBN 978-3-938711-05-7 .
- ↑ Oakeshott, Ewart. The Sword in the Age of Chivalry. - Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1994 .-- P. 97. - ISBN 9780851157153 .
- ↑ Oakeshott, Ewart. Archeology of weapons = The Archeology of Weapons. - M .: Centerpolygraph , 2004 .-- S. 382. - 398 p. - ISBN 5-9524-0968-7 .
- ↑ Oakeshott, Ewart. Records of the Medieval Sword. - Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2007 .-- P. 235. - ISBN 0851155669 .