Dark Age Resources 600-1100AD

**druzhina345** · February 02, 2013, 03:48 AM

At the Sacristy of St Vitus Cathedral in Prague there is a Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archer, c.600AD on a silk textile, probably made in Byzantium with an eastern motif.

There is a similar piece of silk at the Shrine of St. Kunibert, Erzbischöfliches Museum, Cologne, which David Nicolle says is 8th century AD Syrian. The pattern of the two pieces is not identical, but they are so similar that the 2 fragments in Prague and the piece in Cologne could have been cut from the same cloth.

A third piece of silk with a Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archer (holder unknown) has a similar pattern.

See the silks from Cologne and Prague side by side.
Does anyone have any more information or pictures of these?

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Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archers on silk, 7th-8th centuries

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**Armatus** · February 08, 2013, 11:01 AM

Nice

**druzhina345** · February 09, 2013, 04:26 PM

Romano Byzantine Illustrations in the Ashburnham Pentateuch Manuscript, 6th-7th Century
Esau with bow, from the Ashburnham Pentateuch
Joseph supervises the harvest in the years of plenty & a detail of Joseph
Pharaoh allowing Joseph to go to Canaan, a detail of Pharaoh & Joseph & a detail of Isaac blessing Joseph's sons
The Hebrews forced to build an Egyptian city, a detail of Pharaoh's guards & a detail of an overseer
The Hebrews forced to make bricks & a detail of Pharaoh

Pharaoh's army drowns & a detail of the drowning soldiers

7th Century Visigothic Infantryman in Armies of the Dark Ages by Ian Heath, based on the Ashburnham Pentateuch, and its attribution to Spain

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Esau with bow, from the Ashburnham Pentateuch

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**druzhina345** · February 09, 2013, 04:29 PM

Sogdian murals from Panjikent

Battle Scene
Sogdian Armoured Cavalry
Sogdians on foot and mounted
Sogdian Ritual Banquent Scene
Sogdians discussing
Sogdian holding a flower

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Sogdian murals from Panjakent

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**druzhina345** · February 12, 2013, 06:00 PM

Asiatic Heavy Cavalrymen

Armoured Cavalryman on a plate from Isola Rizza, 7th-8th centuries
A drawing of an Avar? or Kirghiz? Rock Carving at Seljek, Siberia
Armoured Magyar? horseman and captive, 9th-10th century on a cup from Nagyszentmiklós
Magyar? horseman on a silver dish from Muzhy, 9th - 10th centuries
Clay figure. Armoured Cavalryman from Šorcuq at Qarasahr, Tarim Basin. 8th Century(?)
Asiatic Heavy Cavalrymen in Armies of the Dark Ages by Ian Heath

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**Armatus** · February 12, 2013, 07:24 PM

Are you providing this info for any particular reason, mod perhaps?

**druzhina345** · February 13, 2013, 05:43 PM

Anglo-Saxon drawings from the 'Caedmon manuscript', c.1000

p81 Bodleian MS. Junius 11: Eber and his men drive cattle and found a city
p84 Bodleian MS. Junius 11: The call of Abraham
p87 Bodleian MS. Junius 11: Abraham

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p81 Bodleian MS. Junius 11: Eber and his men drive cattle and found a city
p84 Bodleian MS. Junius 11: The call of Abraham
p87 Bodleian MS. Junius 11: Abraham

The 'Life of St. Aubin'. Made in Angers, France.
The Viking invaders in the 'Life of St. Aubin'

Saint Aubin defends Guérande with his soldiers, France, end of the 11th century

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Saint Aubin defends Guérande with his soldiers, France, end of the 11th century

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**druzhina345** · February 15, 2013, 04:56 PM

Islamic Soldiers on Casket
Mounted Hunters on an Umayyad Casket from Cordoba, c.966-968, David Collection Museum, Copenhagen & another view of Mounted Hunters on an Umayyad Casket from Cordoba

Soldiers on a Moorish Casket from Cuenca, c.1049AD

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Spanish & North African Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

**druzhina345** · February 15, 2013, 07:45 PM

Carolingian soldiers in the Corbie Psalter, beginning of the 9th century, Northern France
Archer & Javelinman in the Ebbon Gospels, France, 817-834AD
Carolingian soldiers on the Ivory Book Cover of Charles the Bald, France, c.860

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Carolingian soldiers in the Corbie Psalter, beginning of the 9th century, Northern France
Archer & Javelinman in the Ebbon Gospels, France, 817-834AD
Carolingian soldiers on the Ivory Book Cover of Charles the Bald, France, c.860

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9th century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

**druzhina345** · February 19, 2013, 10:53 PM

Illustrations of warriors from Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana, from Saint-Sever SW France, 1028-1072

The Four Horsemen
Monstrous Cavalry
Ten Kings and their Army
Victory of the Lamb
Kings mourning about Babylon
Eschatological Combat
Note the early depiction of the couched lance in Eschatological Combat and the forward leg riding style of the Monstrous Cavalry.

French Infantry in Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 by Ian Heath, based on the Ten Kings and their Army from the Beatus de Saint-Sever

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Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana, from Saint-Sever SW France, 1028-1072

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**Armatus** · March 11, 2013, 01:33 PM

You're on a roll mate!

**René Artois** · March 12, 2013, 03:23 AM

It's commitment, I'll give him that. Not sure what the point is though. They're all from the same website, which is presumably his?

**druzhina345** · March 12, 2013, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by René Artois

It's commitment, I'll give him that. Not sure what the point is though. They're all from the same website, which is presumably his?

If you can't see any point then don't bother looking.

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10th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

**druzhina345** · March 14, 2013, 12:54 AM

10th century Lombards in chainmail hauberk with round shield and spear.

Full image from Exultet Beneventano Ms. Vat. Lat. 9820

Lombard knights & Pagans in an early 11th Century De rerum naturis

Lombard King Rotario Dictating the Law, Codex Legum Longobardorum, 11th century

David in a Polirone Psalter, northern Italy, before 1086AD

"Charlemagne's chess set", Norman Southern Italy, end of the eleventh century
During the late middle ages these were thought to be a present from the Shah of Persia to Charlemagne, but they were not.
. An Italo-Norman knight chess piece
Italo-Norman Heavy Cavalryman by Ian Heath based on these chess pieces

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10th century Lombards in chainmail hauberk with round shield and spear.
Lombard knights & Pagans in an early 11th Century De rerum naturis
Lombard King Rotario Dictating the Law, Codex Legum Longobardorum, 11th century
David in a Polirone Psalter, northern Italy, before 1086AD
"Charlemagne's chess set", Norman Southern Italy, end of the eleventh century

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**druzhina345** · March 30, 2013, 09:27 PM

Arab Cavalry
An Arab Cavalryman in a 10th Century Drawing
Arab Cavalrymen by Ian Heath based on the above drawing

Ghaznavid Ghulams based on the wall paintings at the Laškari Bazar Palaces probably built by Mas'ud I (1030-41AD)
Wall paintings from one of the Ghaznavid palaces at Laškari Bazar in central Afghanistan
Detail of Ghaznavid guards, with short handled maces, at Laškari Bazar
A soft headdress at Laškari Bazar
Ghaznavid Ghulam from Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 by Ian Heath based on Laškari Bazar wall paintings.
Ghaznavid Bodyguard by Graham Turner based based on Laškari Bazar wall paintings.

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Wall paintings from one of the Ghaznavid palaces at Laškari Bazar in central Afghanistan

Dailami
A summary of the written sources for Dailamis

Daylami Tribesman in Armies of the Dark Ages by Ian Heath

Daylami Infantryman, early 11th century by Angus McBride based on:
. A 10th century dish excavated at Nishapur, Khurasan portraying warriors
. 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitâb suwar al-kawâkib al-tâbita) by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Sûfî, dated 1009-10 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144)

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Daylami Tribesman in Armies of the Dark Ages by Ian Heath
Daylami Infantryman, early 11th century by Angus McBride based on:
. A 10th century dish excavated at Nishapur, Khurasan portraying warriors
. 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitâb suwar al-kawâkib al-tâbita) by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Sûfî, dated 1009-10 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144)

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11th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

**druzhina345** · April 20, 2013, 06:43 PM

The Pila, an Islamic Ablution Basin, early to mid 11th century, Spain
The 'Pila' is a late 11th- or early 12th-century carved basin which stood in the gardens of the palace of the local Banu Mujahid ruler of Denia, Spain.
. Larger images of the the Pila, an Islamic Ablution Basin
. Detail of Horsemen on the Pila
. Detail of Men Pulling Beards on the Pila
. Detail of Bearers on the Pila
. The side view of the Pila with a drinker with a servant and musicians
The Pila has been used as a source for both Muslim Spanish and North African costume e.g. Saharan tribal cavalry on Plate G, Men-At-Arms Series 125, The Armies of Islam 7th-11th Centuries by David Nicolle & Angus McBride, based on the Pila

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The Pila, an Islamic Ablution Basin, early to mid 11th century, Spain
. Larger image of the the Pila, an Islamic Ablution Basin
. Detail of Horsemen on the Pila
. Detail of Men Pulling Beards on the Pila
. Detail of Bearers on the Pila
. The side view of the Pila with a drinker with a servant and musicians

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**druzhina345** · May 06, 2013, 08:57 PM

A detail of a 9th Century North Italian guard with mail leg armour from:
Emperor Constantine at the Council of Nicaea, Northern Italy, c.825 AD

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**GaiusGalerius** · July 04, 2016, 06:12 PM

Hi, any ideas regarding the identity of these two figures' helmets/headwear?

Valenciennes Apocalypse, MS 99 (9th-10th cent.): http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv.../f33.item.zoom (the horseman on the right)
Paris Apocalypse, MS NAL 1132 (late 9th - 10th cent.):http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv.../f26.item.zoom (again, the horseman on the right)

**druzhina345** · July 05, 2016, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by GaiusGalerius

Hi, any ideas regarding the identity of these two figures' helmets/headwear?

Valenciennes Apocalypse, MS 99 (9th-10th cent.): http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv.../f33.item.zoom (the horseman on the right)
Paris Apocalypse, MS NAL 1132 (late 9th - 10th cent.):http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv.../f26.item.zoom (again, the horseman on the right)

Valenciennes Apocalypse is thought to be by an artist of Spanish origin

The 4th horseman of the Apocalypse in the Paris Apocalypse, MS NAL 1132 wears a costume similar to Mozarabic style e.g. see The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Valcavado Beatus Codex, Spain, 970AD, Valladolid, Biblioteca de la Universidad, MS 433

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