David Nicolle
The two swords plus their associated acabbard and belt or baldric fragments which were found in Matin’s Cave, Gibraltar, date from the 12 th century AD. Such dating is supporting design to objects themselves, cultural-historical context, varied decoration. This evidence also used propose that ensemble was all of Andalusian North African origin, as such represents an almost unique survival western Islamic military equipment.
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