HISTORIA PĖR SHPATAT E SKĖNDERBEUT

nga Naim Flamuri

Sipas Dhimitėr Frėngu, bashkėkohesit e arkatarit tė Skėnderbeut po dhe njė prej biografėve tė tij, shkruan: shpata e parė ishte e lakuar (nė italisht origjinale: una scimitarra storta), me njė buzė tė mprehtė dhe e bėrė nė mėnyrė elegante prej ēeliku tė Damaskut. Disa tregime raportojnė se nė njė moment ai mbante dy shpata tė mbėshtjella nė tė njėjtėn kėllėf. Mė pas Frengu shton, me shumė ngjyra, se Skėnderbeu solli nga Italia njė mjeshtėr shpatabėrės, i cili i prodhoi tre shpata mė tė mira. Njėrin prej tyre, "qė mund tė priste ēelikun", ai ia dėrgoi si dhuratė Sulltan Mehmetit, nė ē'rast ku ai e provoj shpaten po nuk mund tė ia priste kokėn njė skllavi, Skėnderbeu iu gjegj: Unė tė dėgova shpaten(pallen-kordh) dhurat, po jo dhe KRAHUN TIM. Kėshtu mbeti thėnja: "Shpata e Skėnderbeut duhet tė ketė krahun e Skėnderbeut"

Dihet gjithashtu se nė vizitėn e fundit tė Skėnderbeut nė Selinė e Shenjtė, Papa Pali II i dhuroi kryezotit Shqiptar njė shpatė dhe njė kapele (It: una spada ed un elmo).

Nė muzeun e Vjenės kemi dy shpata.

Njė shpatė e pėrkulur nė formė harku me peshė 3,2 kg dhe gjatėsi 121 cm
Njė tjetėr shpatė me peshė 1,3 kg dhe gjatėsi 88,5 cm.

Shpata qė shoqėronte pėrkrenaren nė koleksionin e Archduke Ferdinand (Nr. Inv. HJRK_A_550) ėshtė bėrė nė mes. Lindje dhe daton rreth vitit 1460. Ka njė teh hekuri me dy cepa 88.5 cm e gjatė me njė copė tė veshur me ar pranė dorezės qė pėrmban pseudo kaligrafi arabe me zbukurim gjethesh. E zeza dorezė lėkure i paraprin tehut, ashtu si dhe milli(kėllėfi), i cili ka njė mbulesė cip e zezė peshku me dizenjo me nyje tė mbivendosura.

Kjo shpatė ėshtė e ndikuar prej stilit otoman tė kohės dhe siē ka thėnė edhe Dhimitėr Frengu pesė shekuj mė parė ėshtė prej ēeliku tė Damaskut me shumė zbukurime e stolisje. Ka njė nėshkrim nė turqisht qė sipas Faik Konicės ėshtė i pasaktė. Nėnshkrimi thotė: (Libehadur Allah Iskander beg – Kampion i Zotit, Skėnderbe).

Njėra shpatė ėshtė me dorezė kadifeje, nė tė cilėn shėnohet emri i Skėnderbeut dhe ėshtė e gjatė 88.5 cm dhe e gjerė 5.7 cm, me dy tehe, me njė formė tė drejtė dhe me njė majė tė kthyer, qė pėrmban disa shkronja latine, ku lexohen kėto fjalė: “Heroi i Perėndisė, Iskander Beg”. Doreza ėshtė prej druri, e mbėshtjellė me lėkurė. Pesha e kėsaj shpate ėshtė 1300 gr. dhe bashkė me kėllėfin, ėshtė 1900 gr.

Kjo shpatė e drejtė, qė gjendet nė Muzeun e Ambrasit sėbashku me helmetėn, ka dy cepa dhe ėshtė e larė nė ar. Ėshtė 88.5 centimetra e gjatė, 5.7 cm e gjerė dhe peshon 1.3 kilogramė. Milli ishte prej lėkure. Sipas Faik Konica, qė e kishte parė shpatėn nė fillim tė shekullit tė 20-tė, kishte akoma njolla gjaku nė shpatė.

Nga ana tjetėr, shpata e lakuar, bashkė me dorezėn, ėshtė 121 cm e gjatė dhe peshon 3.2 kg. Nga kėto dy shpata, ajo qė pėrdorte Skėnderbeu nė kohė lufte mund tė ishte ajo e lakuar. Shpata e drejtė ishte mjaft e shkurtėr pėr trupin e tij tė gjatė, ndėrsa tjetra ofronte fleksibilitetin e kėrkuar pėr sulmet e kalorėsisė dhe stilin e luftimit tė ditės. Thuhej se shpata ishte nė gjendje t'i priste armiqtė pėrgjysmė pingul. Ėshtė njė shpatė kalorėsie.

Shpata e Shpirtit(Frymės Shenjt), qė ėshtė Fjala e Perėndisė!” [Efesianėve 6:17]

Shpata e Skėnderbeut, shfaqej nė Vjenė. Njė burrė qė njė herė e shikoi dhe e trajtoi tha: “A ėshtė kjo shpata qė fitoi kaq shumė fitore? Unė nuk shoh asgjė nė tė; nuk ėshtė veēse njė shpatė e zakonshme.” Pėrgjigja ishte: "Duhet tė kishit parė krahun qė e mbante atė." Kjo ėshtė tė kesh shpatėn e Skėnderbeut pa pasur krahun e Skėnderbeut. Por ėshtė tė kesh Fjalėn e sė vėrtetės tė sjellė nė zemrėn tonė me anė tė fuqisė sė Perėndisė, besimi i ngritur pėr tė besuar se vetė Zoti ia thotė atė zemrės sonė, duke u mundėsuar kėshtu ta pėrdorim atė me forcėn e Shpirtit dhe me fuqinė e besimit, nė ushtrimin e gjallė, pėr t'i rezistuar ēdo goditjeje djallėzore.

THE STORY OF SCANDERBEG SKANDERBEG’S SWORDS
by Naim Flamuri

According to Dhimitėr Frėngu, a contemporary and treasurer of Skanderbeg as well as one of his biographers, he wrote: the first sword was curved (in the original Italian: una scimitarra storta), with a sharp edge and elegantly made from Damascus steel. Some accounts report that at one point he carried two swords sheathed together in the same scabbard. Frėngu later adds, with much color, that Skanderbeg brought a swordsmith from Italy, who crafted him three better swords. One of these, “which could cut through steel,” he sent as a gift to Sultan Mehmed. When the Sultan tested the sword but could not decapitate a slave with it, Skanderbeg replied: “I gave you the sword as a gift, but not my ARM.” Thus, the saying remained: “Skanderbeg’s sword must have Skanderbeg’s arm.”

It is also known that during Skanderbeg’s final visit to the Holy See, Pope Paul II gifted the Albanian lord a sword and a helmet (Italian: una spada ed un elmo).

In the Vienna Museum, there are two swords:
• A curved sword in the shape of an arc, weighing 3.2 kg and measuring 121 cm in length.
• Another sword weighing 1.3 kg and measuring 88.5 cm in length.

The sword that accompanied the helmet in the collection of Archduke Ferdinand (Inventory No. HJRK_A_550) was made in the Middle East and dates around the year 1460. It has a double-edged iron blade 88.5 cm long, with a gold-covered piece near the handle bearing pseudo-Arabic calligraphy decorated with foliage. A black leather handle precedes the blade, as does the scabbard, which is covered with black fish skin with a design of overlapping knots.

This sword is influenced by the Ottoman style of the time and, as Dhimitėr Frėngu said five centuries ago, it is made of Damascus steel with many decorations and embellishments. It bears an inscription in Turkish which, according to Faik Konica, is inaccurate. The inscription says: “Libehadur Allah Iskander beg – Champion of God, Skanderbeg.”

One of the swords has a velvet hilt, engraved with Skanderbeg’s name. It is 88.5 cm long and 5.7 cm wide, double-edged, straight in form, and with a turned tip that contains some Latin letters, where the words can be read: “Hero of God, Iskander Beg.” The hilt is made of wood, wrapped in leather. The sword weighs 1300 grams, and with its scabbard, it weighs 1900 grams.

This straight sword, found in the Ambras Museum alongside the helmet, is double-edged and gilded. It is 88.5 cm long, 5.7 cm wide, and weighs 1.3 kg. The scabbard was made of leather. According to Faik Konica, who saw the sword at the beginning of the 20th century, it still had bloodstains on it.

On the other hand, the curved sword, including the hilt, is 121 cm long and weighs 3.2 kg. Of the two swords, the one Skanderbeg likely used in battle was the curved one. The straight sword was too short for his tall frame, while the other offered the flexibility needed for cavalry attacks and the combat style of the day. It was said the sword could slice enemies cleanly in half. It is a cavalry sword.

“The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God!” [Ephesians 6:17]

Skanderbeg’s sword was displayed in Vienna. A man who once saw and handled it said: “Is this the sword that won so many victories? I see nothing special in it; it is but an ordinary sword.” The reply was: “You should have seen the arm that wielded it.” That is to have Skanderbeg’s sword without Skanderbeg’s arm. But to have the Word of truth brought into our hearts by the power of God, to believe that God Himself speaks it into our hearts, enables us to wield it with the strength of the Spirit and the power of faith, in living action, to resist every blow of the devil.