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If what Dr. Nicolle is saying is
true, then the weapon to the left isn't a godenac but more likely
a early form of falchion. Below is another view of the falchion.
This one has a counter curved pommel to possibly help control the
weighty end. dr. Nicolle:
Falco, falcione: [Early
Italian] form of staff weapon, perhaps like the French faussar,
or early form of falchion; Italy, 13th-14th centuries. [puricelli-Guerra:
the glaive and the bill]
Fauchon: [old French] early
form of single-edged falchion, generally a infantry weapon, France
mid/late 13th century [oakeshott: the archeology of weapons]
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