| 词条 | Andrew Ferrara |
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Andrea Ferrara was born in Fonzaso in Italy (which is located in the province of Belluno-Dolomiti) and was an active and esteemed producer before and after his staying in Scotland (the ruins of his workshop are still{{when|date=November 2017}} in Belluno in the place called Busighel, near the river Ardo). This confirms the general belief reported by Scott that Ferrara was a Spanish or Italian artificer who was brought to Scotland in the early sixteenth century by James III to instruct the Scots in the manufacture of the high-quality steel blades current in Renaissance Europe.[2] According to some sources the name of the manufacturer was Andrea dei Ferrari of Belluno, according to others, Andrew Ferrars or Ferrier of Arbroath.[3] The term came to be used generically as a term for the Scottish basket-hilted broadsword.[4] If the sword was of high quality it was referred to as a "true Andrew Ferrara".[5] Grose says "the common name of the glaymore, or Highland broad sword".[6] His method of manufacture remains much a mystery, but it is suspected that they were made by interlamination, a process of welding the blade in alternate layers of iron and steel. The blades were special in their extreme flexibility. It is said that Ferrara himself always carried one wrapped up in his bonnet. The blades rarely broke, even under immense force and when used to deal horizontal blows.[7] References1. ^{{cite book|author=Sir Walter Scott|title=Introductions, and Notes and Illustrations to the Novels, Tales, and Romances of the Author of Waverley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UzUfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA116|year=1833|publisher=R. Cadell|page=116}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=William Gilpin|title=Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain: Particularly the High-lands of Scotland ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_lNDAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA137|year=1792|publisher=R. Blamire|page=1}} 3. ^"Chambers 20th Century Dictionary", W. & R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1983 4. ^{{cite book|author=William Hutchison Murray|title=Rob Roy MacGregor: His Life and Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7KG2LN6JMysC|year=1982|publisher=Canongate|isbn=978-0-86241-538-9}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cQs2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA194|year=1848|publisher=Religious Tract Society.|page=194}} 6. ^A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Francis Grose 7. ^{{cite book|title=The Foreign Quarterly Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjZFAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA96|volume=26|year=1841|publisher=L. Scott|page=1}} See also
3 : Early Modern European swords|Military of Scotland|Weapons of Scotland |
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