Description
The scalloped blade is inscribed with an Arabic couplet: “In cowardice is shame, and in boldness is nobility. For man does not by cowardice escape from fate.”
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Translation] Inscribed on blade: In cowardice is shame, and in boldness is nobility; for a man does not by cowardice escape from fate.
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters