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11-06-2013, 04:10
Ian Heath based his Negro Soldiers, 12th-13th centuries (http://warfare.cf/WRG/Feudal-85-88-Negro_Soldiers.htm) on:
the Mosaic from the church of S. Maria Maggiore, Vercelli (http://warfare.cf/6C-11C/Vercelli_Maria_Maggiore.htm)
Negro Swordsmen in the Capitals of Monreale Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, 1174 to 1182 AD (http://warfare.cf/12/Monreale_Capitals-foto_III.htm)
Cantiga 46 - A Moor made war on Christians and won a great booty (http://warfare.cf/Cantiga/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria-046-1.htm)
Cantiga 63 - Muslim soldiers under Almanzor (al-Mansur) attack San Esteban de Gormaz, in 989 CE (http://warfare.cf/Cantiga/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria-063-4.htm)
Cantiga 99 - The Moors realised that God was punishing them for desecrating the church (http://warfare.cf/Cantiga/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria-099-6-large.htm)
There is also:
A Negro soldier in a painted window in the monastery church of St Denis in Paris (http://warfare.cf/12/St_Denis-Plate-52-Vol-1.htm)
A Sudanese spearman in Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291 by Ian Heath, based on a St Denis window. (http://warfare.ga/WRG/Crusades-34-Sudanese_Spearman.htm)
A Sudanese archer in Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291 by Ian Heath (http://warfare.ga/WRG/Crusades-33-Sudanese_Archer.htm)
Negroid warriors with mace in the capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo in Sicily (http://warfare.cf/12/Monreale_Capitals-Fig19-detail.htm)
Two infantry fighting with maces and shields on the bronze doors of Trani Cathedral, Italy (http://warfare.cf/12/Trani-Mace_fighting.htm)
A negro soldier in The Morgan Crusader Bible of Louis IX or Maciejowski Bible, France, 13th Century (http://warfare.cf/13/Morgan-Maciejowski-Bible-29v-lower.htm)
A Negro Sleeping Guard at the Tomb, Syriac Gospel, c.1220AD. British Library, Ms. Add. 7170, f.160. (http://warfare.ga/13/Syriac_Gospel-Holy_Women_at_the_Tomb-c1220.htm)
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=11204&d=1383707180
Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.cf/index.htm)
the Mosaic from the church of S. Maria Maggiore, Vercelli (http://warfare.cf/6C-11C/Vercelli_Maria_Maggiore.htm)
Negro Swordsmen in the Capitals of Monreale Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, 1174 to 1182 AD (http://warfare.cf/12/Monreale_Capitals-foto_III.htm)
Cantiga 46 - A Moor made war on Christians and won a great booty (http://warfare.cf/Cantiga/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria-046-1.htm)
Cantiga 63 - Muslim soldiers under Almanzor (al-Mansur) attack San Esteban de Gormaz, in 989 CE (http://warfare.cf/Cantiga/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria-063-4.htm)
Cantiga 99 - The Moors realised that God was punishing them for desecrating the church (http://warfare.cf/Cantiga/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria-099-6-large.htm)
There is also:
A Negro soldier in a painted window in the monastery church of St Denis in Paris (http://warfare.cf/12/St_Denis-Plate-52-Vol-1.htm)
A Sudanese spearman in Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291 by Ian Heath, based on a St Denis window. (http://warfare.ga/WRG/Crusades-34-Sudanese_Spearman.htm)
A Sudanese archer in Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291 by Ian Heath (http://warfare.ga/WRG/Crusades-33-Sudanese_Archer.htm)
Negroid warriors with mace in the capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo in Sicily (http://warfare.cf/12/Monreale_Capitals-Fig19-detail.htm)
Two infantry fighting with maces and shields on the bronze doors of Trani Cathedral, Italy (http://warfare.cf/12/Trani-Mace_fighting.htm)
A negro soldier in The Morgan Crusader Bible of Louis IX or Maciejowski Bible, France, 13th Century (http://warfare.cf/13/Morgan-Maciejowski-Bible-29v-lower.htm)
A Negro Sleeping Guard at the Tomb, Syriac Gospel, c.1220AD. British Library, Ms. Add. 7170, f.160. (http://warfare.ga/13/Syriac_Gospel-Holy_Women_at_the_Tomb-c1220.htm)
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=11204&d=1383707180
Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.cf/index.htm)