Original scientific paper

Sabre of Nikola IV. Zrinski of Siget

Tibor Kovács S. ; Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Lajos Négyesi ; Esztergom, Hungary
József Padányi orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-8444 ; Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

The authors are examining the sabre of Nikola Zrinski (1508–1566), who defended Sigetvar from the attack of Suleiman the Magnificent and died a heroic death during the siege. The sabre is exhibited in the Museum of Art and History in Vienna. National university of public services, legal descendant of the University of national defence Nikola Zrinski is one of the guardians of the Zrinski tradition and on the occasion of the memorial year of Zrinski in 2016 it organised an expert group with the objective to renew the research of Zrinski’s sabre from Vienna. Members of the group, historians of arms and military historians with the assistance of the Hungarian embassy obtained the permission to examine the relic exhibited in the armour room of the Museum of Art and History in Vienna in situ. During examination of the sabre, they established facts regarding its conditions and defined its exact measurements.

Keywords

Nikola IV. Šubić Zrinski; sabre; helmet; coat of arms; metal analysis

Hrčak ID:

192372

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/192372

Publication date:

1.12.2017.

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