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{{Short description|Sword used for decapitation of criminals}}
[[Image:Beheading Fac simile of a Miniature on Wood in the Cosmographie Universelle of Munster in folio Basle 1552.png|thumb|A decapitation scene as shown in the ''Cosmographie Universelle'' of Munster (1552).]]▼
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[[Image:Scharfrichterschwert-ffm002.jpg|thumb|15th century, "Heimatmuseum" at [[Frankfurt-Bergen-Enkheim]]]]▼
[[File:Epée de justice IMG 3471.jpg|thumb|Executioner's sword (16th century)]]
[[Image:Scharfrichterschwert-ffm001.jpg|thumb|[[Early Modern German]] inscription on the blade: ''Wan Ich Das Schwert thue Auffheben - So Wünsche Ich Dem Sünder Das Ewige Leben'' "Whenever I have this sword lifted - I wish the Sinner's with eternal life gifted."]]▼
▲[[Image:Beheading Fac simile of a Miniature on Wood in the Cosmographie Universelle of Munster in folio Basle 1552.png|thumb|A decapitation scene as shown in
An '''executioner's sword''' is a [[sword]] designed specifically for [[decapitation]] of condemned criminals (as opposed to [[swordsmanship|combat]]). These swords were intended for two-handed use, but were lacking a point, so that their overall blade length was typically that of a single-handed sword (ca. {{convert|80
In the [[Middle Ages]], decapitations were
They were in wide use in 17th century Europe, but fell out of use quite suddenly in the early 18th century. The last execution by sword in Europe was carried out in 1867, when Niklaus Emmenegger was beheaded in [[Lucerne]] for murder. Imperial China, on the other hand, also had a type of heavy two-handed [[dao]]which served the purpose of decapitation. ▼
▲They were in wide use in 17th
The blades of executioner's swords were often decorated with symbolic designs, showing instruments of execution or torture, or the [[Crucifixion of Christ]], combined with moralistic inscriptions. When no longer used for executions, an executioner's sword sometimes continued to be used in processions as a symbol of [[Blutgericht|judicial power]].▼
▲The blades of executioner's swords were often decorated with symbolic designs
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==See also==
*[[Guillotine]]
*[[Muhammad Saad al-Beshi]], Saudi Arabian executioner
*Terminus Est, a fictional executioner's sword wielded by the executioner protagonist of ''[[The Book of the New Sun]]''
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Executioner's swords}}
*[http://www.artfund.org/artwork/1324/executioners-sword German executioner's sword dated to 1674] at the [[Royal Armouries]].
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