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Byzantine work, with which feeling the general decoration of this scabbard is imbued.
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Fig. 27. Sword found near Florence
Collection: Henry G. Keasby, Esq.
The locket mount and ferrule of the scabbard were, as we have already said, added to it, probably in the XVth century, but reveal beneath their scalloped edges parts of the original plates of gold.
On the front of the chape are Gothic ornamentations, and on the back two cylindrical-shaped fasteners soldered on to facilitate hanging the weapon to the belt.
