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Line 1: ]][[File:Epée de justice IMG 3471.jpg\|thumb\|Executioner's sword (16th century)]] [[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).]] 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 length was typically that of a single-handed sword (ca. 80-90 cm). The [[Crossguard\|quillions]] were quite short, and mainly straight, the pommel was often pear-shaped or faceted. Line 10: <gallery> Image:Scharfrichterschwert-ffm002.jpg\| 15th century, "Heimatmuseum" at [[Frankfurt-Bergen-Enkheim]]]] Image:Scharfrichterschwert-ffm001.jpg\| [[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."]] </gallery> ==See also== *[[Guillotine]]

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