Ornamental spearheads and polearm blades
Studies of decorative parade-weapon heads, one worked with an interlaced knot
The sheet is filled with roughly a dozen studies of ornate weapon heads: leaf-shaped spearheads and polearm blades, many with recurved side flukes and foliate or palmette collars at the base, together with spiked mace and multi-pronged heads in the lower rows. One blade at the upper left is worked with an interlaced lattice or knot pattern. No transcribed text accompanies the bundle; a small folio mark and a library stamp are present at the upper right but are not transcribed here.
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Elaborate spearheads and polearm blades
The central and upper rows show slender, leaf-bladed spearheads and polearm heads, several fitted with paired recurved side flukes and turned collars where the head would meet its shaft. The forms are decorative rather than plainly functional, suggesting parade or ceremonial arms.
Interlaced knotwork on a blade
The head at the upper left carries a woven lattice or interlace pattern worked into the blade above a foliate, palmette-like base. The treatment turns the weapon head into a vehicle for decorative knot design.
Spiked mace and pronged heads
The lower rows include mace heads with radiating spikes and multi-pronged, fork-like finials mounted on turned hafts. Small ring or loop terminals appear at several shaft ends.