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This document summarizes and analyzes depictions of swords and other edged weapons in 16th century murals at the Probota Monastery in Romania. It discusses how swords were identified and categorized during restoration work. While the typological analysis proved limited, it sparked interesting findings about how swords represented both familiar, daily tools but also took on quasi-sacred meanings in the medieval mindset. Swords symbolized divine justice, spiritual peace, and could be wielded for both righteou

Author

Nick K

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EN