Glaive of Emperor Rudolf II (reigned 1576-1612) dated 1577 Hans Stromair German The knife-like blade is similar to another in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (04.3.97). Two-thirds of each side are etched with a dense strapwork design on a dotted and blackened ground, with traces of gilding. The decoration includes the insignia of Emperor Rudolf II: on the left side, from top to bottom, the date 1577 and the emperor's motto AD SIT (literally "He God be with me," but also an acronym for the motto Auxilium Domini Sit Iniquis Terror, "The assistance of God is a terror to the evil ones"), a double-headed eagle surmounted by an imperial crown and holding an arrow in his right talon, the Bindenschild of Austria, and the number 24; on the right side the letter R surmounted by an imperial crown, and surrounded by a sword, scepter, orb, and cross above a shield bearing the arms of Hungary and Bohemia. Etched at the base of the left side of tha blade, near the back, is the etcher's monogra

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Glaive of Emperor Rudolf II (reigned 1576-1612) dated 1577 Hans Stromair German The knife-like blade is similar to another in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (04.3.97). Two-thirds of each side are etched with a dense strapwork design on a dotted and blackened ground, with traces of gilding. The decoration includes the insignia of Emperor Rudolf II: on the left side, from top to bottom, the date 1577 and the emperor's motto AD SIT (literally "He God be with me," but also an acronym for the motto Auxilium Domini Sit Iniquis Terror, "The assistance of God is a terror to the evil ones"), a double-headed eagle surmounted by an imperial crown and holding an arrow in his right talon, the Bindenschild of Austria, and the number 24; on the right side the letter R surmounted by an imperial crown, and surrounded by a sword, scepter, orb, and cross above a shield bearing the arms of Hungary and Bohemia. Etched at the base of the left side of tha blade, near the back, is the etcher's monogra

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