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'''Andrew Ferrara''' or '''Andrea Ferrara''', was a type of sword-blade that was highly esteemed in Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries. [[Sir Walter Scott]] notes that the name of '''Andrea de Ferrara''' was inscribed "on all the Scottish broadswords that are accounted of peculiar excellence".<ref name="Scott1833">{{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}}</ref>
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 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 16th century by [[James III of Scotland|James III]] to instruct the Scots in the manufacture of the high-quality steel blades current in Renaissance Europe.<ref name="Gilpin1792">{{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}}</ref>
According to some sources the name of the manufacturer was Andrea dei Ferrari of [[Belluno]], according to others, Andrew Ferrars or Ferrier of [[Arbroath]].<ref>"Chambers 20th Century Dictionary", W. & R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1983</ref>
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