|
Post by druzhina on Aug 24, 2016 5:44:10 GMT
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Aug 21, 2016 5:09:25 GMT
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 30, 2016 6:35:27 GMT
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 28, 2016 9:19:45 GMT
Yes, some of it is similar to Carolingians. When people are searching for Anglo-Saxons, it is handy to have Anglo-Saxon in the text. Using 'English' as the adjective would be less useful. Druzhina Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 28, 2016 5:48:28 GMT
6th-7th century Persian archersArcher in a wall hanging with figures in Persian dress, late 6th–early 7th century, Benaki Museum, AthensArcher on 'Khusraw's Dial', a silver plate from Klimova with Sasanian enthronement scene, 7th century. Hermitage Museum S-43These are perhaps houshold archers. The Sasanian reliefs of Taq-i-Bustan, has an Arrow Bearer in a Royal Boat at a Boar Hunt has very ornate dress. The headwear on 'Khusraw's Dial' may be a patterned textile hat with a cloth wrapped around it like the wall hanging or on the horse-archer on the left in a battle between Arabs, Persians and Ethiopians. Coptic textile fragment, Egypt, late 6th or early 7th century, Louvre, rather than a helmet. A similar cloth can be seen on the horse archer in a floor painting with hunting scene, Umayyad, Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi c.724-43ADmirror site: Archer in a wall hanging with figures in Persian dress, late 6th–early 7th century, Benaki Museum, AthensDruzhina 6th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 25, 2016 6:24:29 GMT
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 22, 2016 6:09:31 GMT
The Salerno Ivories, 12th century Ivory Altar Panels, 12th century, Museo Diocesano, Salerno, Sicily, ItalySleeping Guards at the tomb, on Ivory Altar Panels, 12th century, Museo Diocesano, Salerno, Italy . Sicilian Greek Infantryman (Griffon) in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath, based on an Ivory Altar Panel, Museo Diocesano, Salerno, ItalyThe three Magi before king Herod, God prevents the sacrifice of Isaac / God blesses Abraham, Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and Slaughter of the innocents (with soldiers in scale hauberks). mirror site: Ivory Altar Panels, 12th century, Museo Diocesano, Salerno, Sicily, ItalyDruzhina 12th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 21, 2016 6:43:08 GMT
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 19, 2016 6:05:14 GMT
'Hesperides' by Basinio de' Basini of Parma, Italy, Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 81, 1457-1468ADA story illustrated with soldiers in 15th century costume. Fighting around Populonia. 'Hesperides' by Basinio de' Basini of ParmaEntry of Sigismondo into Populonia. 'Hesperides' by Basinio de' Basini of Parma (their short pikes are used two-handed)Sigismondo Malatesta's army prepares to decamp. 'Hesperides' by Basinio de' Basini of ParmaSigismondo Malatesta's army on the march with musicians and pack-horses. 'Hesperides' by Basinio de' Basini of Parma The livery $ can be seen on the lower back of some infantry tunics. Siege of the tower of Vada. 'Hesperides' by Basinio de' Basini of Parma The livery $ can be seen on the lower back of some infantry tunics. mirror site: 'Hesperides' by Basinio de' Basini of Parma, Italy, Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 81, 1457-1468ADDruzhina 15th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 17, 2016 4:48:55 GMT
A pair of leggings display the same scene. Although damaged, together, much of the scene can be seen: A battle between Arabs, Persians and Ethiopians. Coptic textile fragment, Egypt, late 6th or early 7th century, Musee des Tissus, Lyon, FranceA battle between Arabs, Persians and Ethiopians. Coptic textile fragment, Egypt, late 6th or early 7th century, Louvre, Paris, FranceThe ruler sits on a throne with his sword held in a similar way to Sassanid scenes, e.g. the Strelka dish, displaying Khusrau I with his Court, 5th to 6th century ADThe horns on the throne appear (though less emphasised) in later arabic manuscripts e.g. Illustrations from Maqamat of al-Hariri, Bibliothèque nationale de France, manuscript Arabe 3929, (painted by al-Wasiti) 2nd quarter of 13th centuryOn an Umayyad textile with a Sasanian King, Iran or Central Asia, 7th-8th century, the throne is supported by animals, which is common in Sassanid art, e.g. Sassanid Cup of Khusrau I, Detail of King, 6th century ADMirror site: A battle between Arabs, Persians and Ethiopians. Coptic textile fragment, Egypt, late 6th or early 7th century, Musee des Tissus, Lyon, FranceDruzhina 6th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 13, 2016 4:56:25 GMT
I have added links to the illustrations referenced in 'Carolingian Arms and Armor in the Ninth Century' by Simon Coupland so that those without the books in the bibliography can follow his argument. The illustrations include: 9th Century Carolingian Soldiers in the Bible of San Paolo Fuori Le Mura, c.870-880AD9th Century Carolingian Soldiers in Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram (Saint Emmeram Gospels), c.870AD9th Century Carolingian Soldiers in the Lothar Bible, 849-851AD9th Century Carolingian Soldiers in the Vivian Bible, 845-851ADCarolingian Cavalry in the Stuttgart Psalter, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.bibl.fol. 23Carolingian soldiers in the Corbie Psalter, beginning of the 9th century, Northern FranceCarolingian soldiers in The Golden Psalter of St. Gallen, Codex Perizoni F 17, c.883-888 and 890-900Ivory Book Cover of Charles the Bald, France, c.860Wall paintings in the Church of St. Benedict in Mals, South Tyrol, before 881AD'Abraham an Lot' in Prudentius' Psychomachia, Bern Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 264, Lake Constance, c.900ADThe Leiden I Maccabees manuscript, Germany, second half of 9th–early 10th century, Codex Per F 17Lombard Arms & Costume in an 11th Century copy of the Encyclopedia of Maurus Hrabanus or De rerum naturisCamparisons are made with Byzantine illustrations: A soldier in the Roman Virgil Vatican, MS Vat. lat. 3867, fol. 74v, Romano-Byzantine, 5th centuryByzantine plates with biblical characters in Byzantine costume & armour of the reign of Herakleios, early 7th centuryMount Athos Psalter, MS. Pantocrator 61, Byzantine, first half of the 9th centuryPsalm 3, Chludov Psalter, Byzantine, Moscow, Historical Museum MS 129, 9th centuryBristol Psalter, London, British Library, Add. MS 40731, Byzantine, 11th centuryThe scenes of David and Goliath in the Bristol Psalter have the same composition and costume as David and Goliath in the Paris Psalter, 10th century, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS. gr. 139mirror site 'Carolingian Arms and Armor in the Ninth Century' by Simon CouplandDruzhina 9th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 2, 2016 5:28:16 GMT
I mentioned before that there are not many Byzantine pictorial sources for the 9th century as there was a period of iconoclasm. Here is what I have managed to collect: I have found some iilustrations from the Mount Athos Psalter, MS. Pantocrator 61, Byzantine, first half of the 9th century. Can anyone confirm that the Death of Absalom scene (with horse-archer rather than the usual javelins) is from MS. Pantocrator 61? I added some more images to my collection of the Chludov Psalter, Byzantine, Moscow, Historical Museum MS 129, 9th century. The attacker in the Death of Absalom scene in the Chludov Psalter has been torn out. Sacra Parallela by Saint John of Damascus, Byzantine, 9th century, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS. Grec 923 has some interesting helmets. Byzantine Psalter, Bibliothèque nationale de France MS. Grec 20, 2nd half of the 9th century is a fragment with a couple of illustrations of military interest. Commentaries of Gregory of Nazianzus, Byzantine, c.880AD, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS. Grec 510 is damaged but has some large coloured illustrations. Byzantine Infantry on The Rome or David Casket, Byzantine, 898 or 900ADMirror site: Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & SoldiersDruzhina 9th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jul 1, 2016 5:08:50 GMT
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jun 28, 2016 5:47:56 GMT
I have put together a collection of historical 12th century illustrations of northern Italian soldiers: Knights & infantry in mosaics, Cathedral (Duomo) of Sant'Evasio, Casale Monferrato, NW Italy, early 12th centuryEarly 12th Century Frescos in San Severo Church, Bardolino, north-east ItalyItalian knights on the Modena Archivolt, 1120-1140Italian City Militia on the Basilica of San Zeno, Verona, c.1135-38Lunette showing Saint George from the main portal of the Cathedral of Ferrara, Italy, 12th Century. By Magister Nicholaus'Roland', carving, Verona Cathedral, Lombardy, Italy, c.1139 (mail chausse on his left leg only)The sleeping soldiers at the Resurrection, Pulpit of William, Pisa, Italy, 1159-1162 (now in Cagliari Cathedral)Pharoah's Army (Portrayed as Italian Knights) Crossing the Red Sea on the Baptismal Font in the Basilica of San Frediano, Lucca, ItalyMilanese City Militia on the Porta Romana frieze, Italy, late 12th CenturyBased on the sources above: A knight c.1100 in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian HeathA knight c.1160 in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian HeathItalian Communal Militia, 12th-13th centuries in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian HeathItalian Heavy Infantrymen or Knights of The Commune, 12th century in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian HeathMirror site: Historical 12th century illustrations of northern Italian soldiersDruzhina 12th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
|
|
|
Post by druzhina on Jun 25, 2016 6:24:34 GMT
I have put together a collection of historical images of Skythian Warriors, many as decorations on gold items: Skythian Warriors on Greek Ceramics, c.500BCWall-hanging: the Great Goddess being approached by a rider. Felt appliqué. Pazyryk, Siberia, fifth century BC, State Hermitage Museum, St PetersburgDetail of the rider who approaches the Great Goddess, carpet, Pazyryk, Valley of the River Bolshoy Ulagan, Siberia, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgA Pazyryk Culture Wood and Leather Shield, 5th century BC, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgA Scythian Gold Comb with Battle Scene from the Solokha Kurhan, Dneiper, Zaporozhye Region, late 5th-early 4th century BC, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgScythian gold archers appliqué, Kul Oba burial, Crimea, 4th century BCA Scythian Gilded Bowl with Lion-Hunt from the Solokha Kurhan, 4th century BC, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgScythian warriors on a gold cannabis pipe, Sengileevskoe, Caucasus, 4th century BCA Graeco-Scythian gold horseman appliqué, c. 4th Century BC, BonhamsA Graeco-Scythian gold horseman appliqué, Crimea, 4th Century BC, State Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgA Graeco-Scythian gold horseman appliqué Anyone know more about this one? Plaque with Scythian Warriors, Geremes Barrow, Zaporozhye Region, 4th century BC, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgGold Torc Terminating in Scythian Horsemen, Kul Oba Barrow, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgScythian urn with warriors, Kul Oba kurhan, Crimea, 4th century BC, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgScythian warriors on an urn, Haimanova Mohyla, Don Region, 4th century BC, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgA Scythian horseman on a carpet, Pazyryk, 252-238 BCE, State Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgScythian Warrior with Axe, Bow, and Spear on a Relief, 4th-2nd century BC, The Walters Art MuseumFragment of a Scythian Rhyton with a Ritual Scene. Merdzhana, Transkuban, Late 4th - early 3rd centuries BC. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2521-10 Draconarius (standardbearer) on a late 2nd or 3rd century AD funeral stele from the Roman camp at Chester, Englandmirror site Historical images of Skythian WarriorsDruzhina Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
|
|