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Post by druzhina on Jun 20, 2016 5:33:48 GMT
Stratford Canning's Pictures of Turkey, c.1809A series commissioned by Stratford Canning, painted by an anonymous Greek artist: 5. A Solak or Kulkethüdagasi6. An Ottoman Military officer, possibly the Yeniçeriagasi, or Commander-in-chief of the Janissaries8. A Kulkethüdagasi or Commander of a Janissary Regiment29. Ascibasi, or Commander of the Janisseries, in ceremonial dress40. Bostanci, or Imperial Guard46. Sipahi Içoglani49. Bostancibasi, or member of the Imperial Guard66. A heavily-armed man70. Arnavut (Arnaut, Albanian)71. Sipahi, or cavalry soldier72. Tüfekçi, or Palace Guard armed with a musket95. Janissaries with soup kettles and the regimental spoon101. The Sultan riding out in procession to Friday Prayers This procession is described in the Travels of Ali Bey: "On each side of the Sultan were four officers, who may be called the skreens of the Sultan, on account of the immense plumage they wore upon their heads, which so hides the person of his highness, that it is difficult to obtain a sight of him."Druzhina Illustrations of Ottoman Costume & Soldiers
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Post by druzhina on Jun 16, 2016 5:44:21 GMT
Roman, Dacian and Bastarnian warriors on the Adamklissi Friezes, Tropaeum Traiani, Romania, 108-109ADincluding A Roman Legionary with laminated arm armour and greaves fighting a Dacian with falx on an Adamklissi friezeThese were put up by the army rather than the rulers in Rome. See also a Bastarnian Infantryman in The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome by Phil Barker & Ian Heath, based on the Adamklissi Friezes.and a Legionarius Specially Equipped For Trajan's Dacian Wars in The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome by Phil Barker & Ian Heath, based on the Adamklissi Friezes.Mirror site: Roman, Dacian and Bastarnian warriors on the Adamklissi Friezes, Tropaeum Traiani, Romania, 108-109ADDruzhina Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
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Post by druzhina on Jun 8, 2016 5:34:08 GMT
The Crucifixion, by Andreas Pavias, Crete, second half of the 15th century has a wide variety of Italian, Greek, Ottoman, Tartar, Mamluk and other soldiers and civilians in the crowd and the soldiers dividing the clothesThe most heavily armoured men with closed helmets may be Venetians or similar westerners. Others are less well armoured in brigandines buckled at the front or back. To help reference figures, this image of the crowd at ‘The Crucifixion’, by Andreas Pavias has numbers. Two armoured men (upper-left [41] and centre [96]) have pteruges at their shoulders. Could these be portraying Greeks? 'Battle of Constantine and Maxentius at Milvian Bridge' by Piero della Francesca, ca. 1466, where Constantine's face is a portrait of John VIII Palaeologus, former Eastern Emperor, has figures with pteruges at both shoulder and waist which may represent Byzantine soldiers. These also appear on both sides in 'Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes' by Piero della Francesca. But, similar shoulder protection appears in western manuscripts, e.g. 'Chroniques' by Jean Froissart, copy from Bruges, Belgium, c.1470-1475AD, f.165v, detail of a soldier. Others dressed similarly without pteruges may be Greek as well, but could be Venetians. Africans: One horseman on the left [43] is shown as pitch black, the man with sponge [63] and the man on the right hand ladder [128] appear to be African. A prominent figure at right centre [106] has a Mamluk fluffy red zamṭ. A few other zamṭs may be seen in the crowd [97, 75]. The figure that probably represents the centurion [62] has plate leg and arm harness with gauntlets and sabatons and a sallet with a turban around it. At upper left appears a tartar [53] in a red hat with a split pointed brim. Just to the left of the base of the cross, a horseman [38] wears a hat with a ribbed crown with similarities to the Byzantine Emperor John VIII Paleologus’ hat on a medal by Pisanello, but here it is given a split brim. He and [94] are probably also tartars. To his right of [53] is a hemispherical red cap with a point [57]. In front and to the left of these is a horseman in a hemispherical white cap with a long point [51]. This type of hat may fit a description by Doukas of Ottoman hemispherical caps with a point a hand-span high, red for Turks and white for the Sultan’s servants. Another white cap can be seen at far right [149]. The Sultan’s servants included the early Janissaries. There are some hats with brim turned up at the back and sides and lengthened in front, worn over an arming cap tied under the chin [47, 48, 33, 36, 37 & 92] . There are also a couple of wide brimmed hats worn over an arming cap [87 & 91]. The arming cap would suggest westerners, but some Greeks in Breydenbach's Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam, 1486, have arming caps under their hats. The manuscript of The pilgrimage of the Knight Arnold von Harff, 1496-1499, has Greeks and Turks in hats over arming caps. The only arming cap I have spotted in William Caoursin's Obsidionis Rhodie Urbis Descriptio (A description of the 1480 siege of the city of Rhodes) is worn by a Turkish pasha. Mirror site: The Crucifixion, by Andreas Pavias, Crete, second half of the 15th centuryDruzhina 15th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
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