<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">schiavonas</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>basket hilts</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>broadswords</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Schiavonas</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>schiavona</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>schiavones</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Broadswords with a distinctive basket hilt and, usually, a double-edged, pointed blade, named after the Slavonian bodyguards of the Doge of Venice who used them; surviving examples date from the late 15th to the late 18th century. ]]></note></mads>