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Gilt hilt, with settings of turquoise and mother-of-pearl. The authenticity of this dagger is a matter for consideration; it is enriched in the style of the early years of the XVIth century Metropolitan Museum, New York

Italian (Venetian), about 1500 Metropolitan Museum, New York

Italian (Venetian), about 1500 Wallace Collection (Laking Catalogue, No. 111)

Hispano-Arabian manner. The third dagger (Fig. 835), the historical weapon, though less elaborate in its decoration, is noteworthy as having attached to it what we believe to be a genuine history: it is reputed to be the actual weapon with which Andrea Lampugnano murdered Galeazzo Sforza in the church of St. Stephen, Milan, on 26th December, 1476. When in the year