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 have both lost their arch-shaped pommels, like the cinquedea in the Louvre (Fig. 859), which, with a blade of different section, possesses the same shaped grip, etched with the arms of Giovanni Francesco of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua.

(a) With its original scabbard. North Italian, about 1490-1500. J 776, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris

(b) Of great beauty of workmanship, with its original scabbard. North Italian, about 1490-1500. J 774, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris

(c) With its original scabbard. North Italian, about 1490-1500. J 775, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris

To come to the Continent; the Musée d'Artillerie of Paris exhibits eight examples, of which we illustrate three (Fig. 860, a, b, and c). It also shows a most interesting cuir bouilli scabbard of a cinquedea, which bears the inscription, , doubtless the signature of the Jew, Salomone da Sesso, whom we have also referred to under the name of Ercole dei Fideli (ante, p. 69). Of the Musée d'Artillerie cinquedea, J 774 (Fig. 860b) is undoubtedly the finest; for the proportions are large, the hilt is elaborately decorated, and the