Check the listing for details. Alfonso X "El Sabio" Limited Series. Condition: New. Listed at 530.86 USD. Alfonso X "El Sabio" Limited Series Alfonso X "El Sabio" Limited Series SWORD COMMEMORATING THE VIII CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF ALFONSO X THE WISE Spanish sword of the thirteenth century, with a long and wide blade, two-edged and a cropped tip, with a very stretched channel in the center, and gradually decreasing in the last third. Double-edged sheet with outstanding engravings. The garnish consists of an arriaz with overgilded silver bath, with arms arched towards the leaf, topped in pointed clovers. In the center of the cross or guard you can see the arms of Castile on one side and the lion on the other. The fist or handle is bathed in silver on gold carved by the edges and by the planes. It is cylindrical in shape, almond-shaped and with overlapping mesh in Gothic style. The knob is bathed in silver on gold in the form of a flowery ataurique, similar to those that are printed and gracefully adorn its edges. It is irregular in shape, with mesh also chiseled in the same style as the fist. This sword consists of a chiseled cross with curved hawks towards the blade finished in clover blade. NUMBERED SERIES LIMITED TO 800 UNITS Details: Total Length: 102 cm Leaf: 83 cm Grip: 19 cm Blade Width: 55 mm Cross Width: 16 cm Weight: 2 kg GOLD SILVER FINISH / FILIGREE CUFF / APPLY IMITATION RUBI IN KNOB DEEP ACID ENGRAVING A high-quality sword from the exclusive «Heroes and Civilizations Collection». BIOGRAPHIES One of the most influential personalities in history in the cultural development of Spain was Alfonso X of Castile, monarch who received the nickname «El Sabio» for his extensive knowledge in different cultural and artistic fields. The real name of this monarch was Alfonso X of Castile (1252 – 1284). He was born in Toledo on 23 November 1221, the son of Ferdinand III the Saint and Beatrice of Swabia. He failed in the struggle for the crown of the Holy Roman Empire to which he devoted much effort and money. He was the promoter of the Reconquista and expanded the Castilian territories with the seizure of several squares such as Murcia, Alicante, Seville and Cádiz from the Muslims and consolidated the Andalusian territory that always interested the crown of Castile. He died in Seville in 1284. He carried out an active economic policy, reformed the currency and the treasury, and recognized the Honored Council of the Mesta. He stood out for the literary, scientific, historical and legal work carried out by his royal desk. Important was his legislative work, inextricably linked to the introduction in Castile and León of Roman Law, linking East and West, and developing in the Crown of Castile a culture of Christian, Muslim and Jewish synthesis. The fruitfulness of collaboration between intellectuals from the three cultures has its maximum expression in the School of Translators of Toledo. He had great knowledge of astronomy, legal sciences and history and erected three large cultural centers around Toledo, Seville and Murcia. Alfonso X sponsored, supervised and participated with his own writing in the composition of a huge literary production that begins prose in Spanish. In his reign Castilian was adopted as an official language, managing to unseat the use of Latin and putting the Romance language as the official language of the Kingdom of Castile. His «Cantigas de Santa María» stand out, lyrical songs in Galician-Portuguese, accompanied by musical notation; the collection of exemplary stories «Calila et Dimna», in Spanish, and the legal work «Siete partidas» among others.