Illustrations of Byzantine soldiers from the Psalter of Theo Aug 21, 2016 5:09:25 GMT Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by druzhina on Aug 21, 2016 5:09:25 GMT There are some good Byzantine manuscripts of the 11th century, following periods of iconoclasm, and before the 4th Crusade took Constantinople.Illustrations of soldiers from the Psalter of Theodore of Caesarea, Byzantine, 11th century, BL Add MS 19352including a rare image of metallic chausses:7r Sleeping Guards at the Sepulchre10v Archers shooting at the just man12r Warriors and David in pit32v Sleeping Guards at the Sepulchre36v Seven sleepers of Ephesus45v The betrayal63v Siege where Uriah died65v King Saul and David67r David praying / King Saul and soldiers69v David and two foreigners73r Byzantine soldiers in scale armour & chausses (with oval shield?)74v (upper) David enthroned & guards74v (lower) Soldiers of Sobal burning / arrival of Joab75r Constantine mounted with cross attacked by archers77v King David with guards85v St. Procopius mounted87v Christ on Cross pierced with the lance92r (lower) Adoration of the Magi95v (lower) St. Anthimus and the twenty thousand martyrs of Nicomedia98r (upper) Two mounted soldiers105v (upper) Byzantine cavalry & defeated enemy123r (right) Massacre of the Innocents144r (lower) Phineas executing judgement145r Hebrews defeated by their enemies178v (lower) Warrior with mace and shield181r Death of Absalom182r David and Goliath190v David meets Saul enthroned191r (lower) David defeats Goliath199r Habakkuk the Prophet / angel slaying the ungodlymirror site:Illustrations of soldiers from the Psalter of Theodore of Caesarea, Byzantine, 11th century, BL Add MS 19352DruzhinaByzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers