490962 Rapier, c.1620-1630 (steel, blued and gilded) by Horn, Clemens (1586-1617); l:111.10 wt: 1.34 kg blade - l:89.20 quillions - w:21.30 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: This weapon has an especially handsome configuration of hilt, pommel, quillons, and guard. The blade is also very finely wrought and bears the mark (a unicorn head) of the German swordsmith, Clemens Horn, of Solingen, a town near D羹sseldorf. The Latin inscription on the blade reads in translation: "Neither without cause, nor fearfully/Between arms and silent law/ Prize truth and the fight for one\'s country." NEC TEMPARE NEC TIMIDE / INTER ARMA SILENT LEGE / VERITATEM DILIGE ET PUGNA PRO PATRIA ); Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance; German, out of copyright.