Skip to main content

Knuckle guards

Scope note

Curved sword guards, consisting of a metal bar extending from the cross guard toward the pommel, designed to give some protection to the knuckles.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037130

Broader Terms used

guards (weapons components)

Equivalent Terms used

knuckle guard

Created

13yrs ago

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: knuckle guards" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/terminology/term-47286 Accessed: 2024-12-29 02:11:28

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/terminology/term-47286|title=Terminology definition for: knuckle guards|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-29 02:11:28|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/terminology/term-47286

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...