This study presents the interpretation and contextualisation of apotropaic imagery and inscriptions found on two fifteenth century hammers for use on foot. One of them resides at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Acc. No. 14.25.1336). The other, its counterpart known only from archival sources, is missing from the collection of the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe (Acc. No. G43). The nearly identical form of both hammers and the character of the decoration engraved on their shafts suggests they were produced in the same workshop, perhaps even created by the same hand. Evidence described below supports the argument that the weapons may have been designed for judicial combat.

本研究介绍了在两把十五世纪的步行用锤子上发现的辟邪意象和铭文的解释和语境化。其中一幅现藏于纽约大都会艺术博物馆 (Acc. No. 14.25.1336)。另一件是仅从档案资料中得知的对应物，在卡尔斯鲁厄的 Badisches Landesmuseum 的藏品中缺失（收藏号 G43）。两把锤子几乎相同的形状和刻在它们轴上的装饰特征表明它们是在同一个车间生产的，甚至可能是由同一个人制作的。下面描述的证据支持这些武器可能是为司法战斗而设计的论点。