Szabó Miklós, Petres F. Éva: Decorated weapons on the La Tene Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin. (Inventaria Praehistorica Hungariae 5; Budapest, 1992)

CONTENTS References Introduction I. EXPERIMENTATION Geometric ornament The Waidalgesheim Style Iron scabbards with stamped decoration Scabbards with openwork mounts The postWaldalgesheim design II. DRAGON-PAIR SWORDS III. THE HUNGARIAN SWORD STYLE The development of the style The classification of the material ., The influence of the Hungarian Sword Style — Connections with the Irish Scabbard Style Connections with the Swiss Sword Style IV. THE PLASTIC STYLE IN WEAPON DECORATION V. SWORDS WITH STAMP MARKS Anthropomorphic bust marks Zoomorphic stamps Epilogue Notes CATALOGUE Introduction Abbreviations Hungary Austria Czecho-Slovakia Romania Ukraine Yugoslavia Plates Supplements Illustrations