Curved sabres with beast-head hilts and a bound tube
Three ornate falchion blades with serrated backs above a corded segmented tube
The lower two-thirds of the sheet shows three curved single-edged blades - sabres or falchions - two of them with serrated or notched backs pierced by a row of holes and terminals worked into animal (lion or dragon) heads, the third with a serrated edge and a plain knobbed pommel. Above them is a tube bound at intervals with cords, flanked by two shorter cut tube sections, one curved like a horn. The animal-head hilts mark these as ornate, display-grade arms. Inventory letter 'D.' and a 'Bibliotheca Instituti' stamp appear in the margin.
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Curved sabres with serrated backs
Three curved single-edged blades are drawn, two with saw-toothed or notched back edges pierced by a row of holes; they read as sabres or falchions. The third repeats the serrated form and ends in a plain knobbed pommel.
Animal-head hilt terminals
The hilt ends of the upper two blades are worked into fantastical animal heads - a lion- or dragon-like muzzle with mane - turning the weapons into decorative pieces.
Bound segmented tube and cut sections
At upper left a tube is shown bound at intervals with cords and tapering toward one end; two shorter tube sections lie beside it, one curved like a horn. They may represent a barrel or conduit.