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ÉPÉES | et Armes Blanches L'épée, en tant qu'arme, n'est plus guère utilisée. Pourtant, elle garde son auréole de puissance et de beauté, grâce à sa noble allure et aux symboles qu'elle représente. Cet ouvrage, réalisé par une équipe de spé- cialistes, couvre près de 4 000 ans de l'histoire des épées; il débute au IIIe millénaire avant Jésus-Christ, et suit la floraison des armes blanches à travers l'histoire, tant comme instruments de combat que comme œuvres d'art. L'accent est mis sur les épées européennes, japonaises et islamiques en raison de l'excellence de leur fabrication, de leur signification culturelle et de leur évolution remarquable. Néanmoins, les épées des peuples d'Afrique, d'Amérique centrale, de Chine, d 'Asie centrale et d'Indonésie, de types et de détaillés.styles divers, font l'objet de développements Le texte fournit des appréciations d'experts sur les armes elle-mêmes tout en donnant au contexte historique la place qu'il mérite. Plus de 400 illustrations accompagnent le texte — dessins réalisés spécialement et photogra- phies en couleurs. Les épées ainsi mises en valeur dans l'ouvrage viennent de collections privées, de marchands et de musées du monde entier. Cet ouvrage, qui allie l'esthétique et la rigueur scientifique, s'adresse aux collectionneurs et aux experts en armes anciennes, mais aussi à tous les amateurs d'art et d'histoire. Couverture : Didier Thimonier. Illustration du 1er plat : Poignée d'une arme allemande du XVIIe siècle Illustrations(Wallace Collection, du 4e plat Londres). : Procession impériale, dynastie Ming (en haut à gauche). JambiyaKukri népalais arabe (en bas).haut à droite). ÉPÉES et armes blanches Michael D. Coe Thom Richardson Professeur d'anthropologie, musée Peabody d'histoire Conservateur en chef des armures, The Royal Armouries, naturelle, université de Yale musée de la Tour de Londres Peter Connolly Anthony North Chercheur associé honoraire à lInstitut d'archéologie, Maître de recherches au département des ouvrages de université de Londres métal, Victoria and Albert Museum Anthony Harding Christopher Spring Chargé de cours en archéologie, université de Durham Chercheur au Muséum of Mankind, département Victor Harris ethnographique du British Museum Conservateur du département des antiquités japonaises, Frederick Wilkinson British Muséum Président de la Arms and Armour Society Donald J. LaRocca Conservateur adjoint du département des armes et armures, Metropolitan Museum of Art ÉPÉES et a rmes bla nches Bordas L'édition française de cet ouvrage a été réalisée avec la collaboration de Édition originale : Swords and Hilt Weapons Gilles Baud Berthier, @ Multimedia Books Limited, Londres, 1989 historien, spécialiste de l'Extrême-Orient First published in the UK by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited pour la traduction des chapitres 8, 12 et 13 Édition : Anne Cope Hélène Chew, Maquette : Alan Moore conservateur au musée des Antiquités nationales de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Recherche iconographique : Charlotte Deane et Jenny de Gex pour la traduction du chapitre 2 Production : Arnon Orbach et Hugh Allan Jean-Pierre Debaeker pour la traduction des chapitres 7,10, 11 et 15 Elisabeth Fortunel pour la traduction du chapitre 14 Edith Galdemar, étudiant chercheur au Centre de recherches en archéologie précolombienne, université de Paris I, pour la traduction des chapitres 9 et 16 Catherine Louboutin, conservateur au musée des Antiquités nationales de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, pour la traduction du chapitre 1er Paul Verguyse, pour la traduction des chapitres 3, 4, 5 et 6 Florence Berthelot pour la coordination technique Marc Baudoux pour la traduction de l' Introduction et pour la coordination générale @ Bordas, Paris, 1990 ISBN : 2-04-018472-4 Dépôt légal : Septembre 1990 Composition, montage et films : Photocomposition franc-comtoise, Dole Imprimé en Italie par Imago avants- Toute droit, représentation ou ayants cause,ou reproduction, est illicite - intégrale(loi du 11 ou mars partielle, 1957 alinéafaite sans 1 " dele consentementl'article 40). Cette de l'auteur,représentation ou de sesou suivantsreproduction, du Code par pénalquelque La procédéloi du 11 que mars ce soit,1957 constitueraitn'autorise, aux une termes contrefaçon des alinéas sanctionnée 2 et 3 de par l'article les articles 41, que 425 les et copies ou les reproductions strictement réservées à l'usage privé du copiste et non destinées à une utilisation d'illustration...collective, d'une part et, d'autre part, que les analyses et les courtes citations dans un but d'exemple et Sommaire INTRODUCTION 10 LES DEUX GUERRES MONDIALES Victor Harris 6 Frederick Wilkinson 122 1 LES ÂGES DE IA PIERRE, DU BRONZE ET DU FER 11 ARMES BLANCHES DU MONDE ISLAMIQUE Anthony Harding 8 Anthony North 136 2 LA GRÈCE ET ROME 12 LES SABRES JAPONAIS Peter Connolly 20 Victor Harris 148 3 BARBARES ET CHRÉTIENS 13 CHINE ET ASIE CENTRALE Anthony North 30 Thom Richardson 172 4 L'ESPRIT DE LA RENAISSANCE 14 INDE ET ASIE DU SUD-EST Donald J. LaRocca 44 Frederick Wilkinson 186 5 DE LA RAPIÈRE À LA PETITE ÉPÉE 15 ARMES AFRICAINES Anthony North 58 Christopher Spring 204 6 LE XVIIe SIÈCLE EN EUROPE 16 L'AMÉRIQUE AVANT LA CONQUÊTE Anthony North 72 Michael D. Coe 218 7 L'EUROPE DES XVIIIe ET XIXe SIÈCLES Anthony North 84 8 LES ARMES COMBINÉES Principales collections d'armes blanches 226 Anthony North 96 Bibliographie 227 9 ÉPÉES, SABRES ET COUTEAUX AMÉRICAINS Sources des illustrations 230 Frederick Wilkinson 104 Index 235 INTRODUCTION Victor Harris e livre traite de l'histoire des épées et des poignards dans le Mais quelle joie dans la vie de tout jeune garçon que son premier monde. Il aspire toutefois à plus qu'à une simple description canif, avec sa lame bien aiguisée, secrète, brillante et qui n'appartient c des formes et de la fabrication de ces objets. Il entend fournir à nul autre ! Une longue lame pour l'usage courant, une lame plus au lecteur un aperçu de ces traits essentiels de l'épée qui l'ont, au petite et plus coupante pour on ne sait quel usage à venir. Avec ce petit cours des temps et dans la plupart des sociétés, élevée à une position couteau, on peut couper une ficelle et graver le bois, se faire une flûte éminente parmi toutes les armes. d'une baguette de sureau et rogner une canne pour la rendre lisse et Les armes tranchantes à poignée ont dû se développer à partir de douce. Il y a aussi la menace que représente la lame, la crainte d'une la hache de pierre taillée et du bâton pointu, probablement utilisés entaille et du sang rouge vif ; peut-être le secret espoir d'une cicatrice comme outils et comme armes de chasse dès avant qu'éclatent les blanchâtre. Il y a là une dignité qui manque aux autres jouets. De premières guerres. Ensuite, vers 3000 avant J.-C., apparut la lame de même, il y a une dignité dans les épées et les dagues, même si les jeux bronze. Vinrent enfin le fer, matière magique, et l'acier, de la trempe des soldats sont plus mortels et leurs plaies plus profondes que le des héros. petit garçon n'imagine. À l'abri de leur fourreau, certaines épées sont des objets décoratifs Épées et poignards évoquent des rêves semblables dans des de toute beauté, avec leur poignée incrustée de métaux précieux et civilisations très éloignées entre elles. L'arme blanche est matière à sertie de pierreries. D'autres ont une monture de simple métal ou de poème et symbole d'action virile dans la société. Il en a été ainsi de bois, parfois gainé de tissu ou de cuir. Le pommeau peut être façonné tout temps, dans la paix comme dans la guerre. Il en a été ainsi chez en memento-mori, pour rendre claire la finalité meurtrière de l'arme. tous les peuples et en tout pays, que l'anne survive depuis belle lurette À l'inverse, l'épée du chevalier chrétien, avec sa garde cruciforme, peut à son utilité pratique ou bien qu'on la dégaine encore chaque jour devenir l'emblème du véritable amour de Dieu. pour se défendre. Parfois et chez certaines nations, l'épée a fait partie du costume de Arme symbolique, l'épée exerce de nombreuses fonctions sans tous les jours. Ailleurs, on l'a gardée sous le manteau ou sous le pour autant répandre le sang. Elle est la marque du pouvoir et, à ce boisseau, loin du regard des enfants trop enclins à répondre à l'appel titre, on la porte solennellement en procession dans les cortèges des armes. Aujourd'hui encore, elle est portée par les militaires en officiels où elle représente aux yeux de tous la loi et l'autorité. C'est signe de leur grade, conservée par les nostalgiques d'une gloire passée par l'attouchement d'une épée sur l'épaule que le chevalier reçoit ou collectionnée par des connaisseurs sensibles à sa beauté et à sa l'investiture. C'est en brisant son épée que l'on dégrade un officier. La signification archéologique. remise d'une épée peut signifier la reddition d'une année. Dans Mais quand l'épée est dégainée et brandie, tout change. La lame l'ancien Japon, le sabre passait pour matérialiser l'âme même du luisante a de quoi faire peur, sa forme éveille d'étranges sentiments samouraï. Le poignard assurait le respect de l'étiquette dans les actes par son élégance fonctionnelle, son tranchant acéré ne souffre pas de les plus graves : pour expier son déshonneur, le samouraï se suicidait compromis. Le propos est de tailler et de tuer. Cela ne peut qu'impres- en s'en perçant les entrailles ; sa femme, en s'en sectionnant la veine sionner même celui qui ne connaît rien ni ne s'intéresse à l'histoire de jugulaire.
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    159 Imperial Model 1889 Prussian Infantry Officer's sword. Brass guard with Prussian eagle. Twist wire fishskin grip with crowned monogram. Plain double fullered blade 31" by Wegersberg Kirschbaum & Cie, Solingen. Top of blade dated 1915. Contained in its blued steel scabbard. In good condition. £200 - £250 160 Indian c18th/19th century sword 'FIRANGI (?)'. Straight 166 Japanese Naval Dirk with a factory made blade 22cms bi fullered blade 40". Sheet iron guard. Decorated iron (Overall length 33cms). The hilt is covered with SAME & cover to ricasso. Iron grips (worn) saucer pommel with 2" bound with brass wire (a/f). Two menuki. Brass mounted spur. This was a fine fighting sword in its day. Overall in scabbard with two suspension rings. A spring clip holds sound condition with some pitting. No scabbard. An the blade in the scabbard. Minor damage to the pommel interesting old Indian sword possibly from the Clive of and chape of scabbard. Circa WW2 a/f £30 - £35 Indian Period. A collector's lot. £80 - £90 167 Japanese sword 'Wakisashi' blade 16.5". Tape bound 161 Italian Model 1860 cavalry sword (Made in Germany) by same with 2 menuki. Iron Tsuba. In its lacquered S&K (Schnitzler & Kirshbaum makers 1811- 1864). wooden saya. Dragons pommel. Small knife fitted to Blade 35" (41" overall length). In overall good clean saya. Overall a good item showing some handling wear. £150 - £200 condition, metal stained overall. In its steel scabbard with 168 Japanese swords generally in distressed condition. two hanging rings G.C.). Wirebound leather grip. £120 - £140 Another restoration project! (2) a/f £200 - £220 169 Japanese swords: Shin Gunto: Worn in its field service leather scabbard, hilt & scabbard a/f.