For this episode, I revisit a museum featured in season 1 – Ipswich Museum. This time, Tim Rousham from the visitor services team at the museum discusses two pattern-welded swords from the 9th century AD. Tune in to this episode to learn more about designing beautiful and effective swords and how their shape changed over time and why.

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Close-up of the swords
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The pommel of the Kersey Sword
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The Kersey Sword under x-ray

 

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The Orwell Sword under x-ray
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Modern example of a pattern-welded blade

 

Alternatively you can listen to it and the rest of season 2 here:

Fulvia – interview with Dr Jane Draycott Past Matters

  1. Fulvia – interview with Dr Jane Draycott
  2. Three military tombstones – Roman Britain
  3. A carved limewood cravat – Chatsworth House
  4. Chatsworth House – William Kent Pier Table
  5. The women of Homer – interview with Emily Hauser
  6. HMS Queen Charlotte Figurehead – The National Museum of the Royal Navy
  7. New Year Special – interview with author Amber Chen
  8. The Sword of Ommerschans – Dutch National Museum of Antiquities
  9. The Book of the Queen – The British Library
  10. Lord Leighton's landscape paintings – Leighton House

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