druzhina
10-13-2015, 10:13
Knights/cavalry on the back of the Sarcophagus of Doña Sancha, Benedictine Monastery of Santa Cruz, Jaca, Spain, 1110-1120AD (http://warfare.gq/12/Sarcophagus_of_Dona_Sancha.htm)
These can be compared with earlier Spanish depictions:
Guerrero armado (Armed warrior), Liber Commicus, Academia de la Historia, Spain, 1073AD (http://warfare.gq/6C-11C/Liber_Commicus-f68v.htm)
El Burgo de Osma Codex by Beatus of Liébana, Spain, 1086 (http://warfare.gq/6C-11C/Beatus-Osma-f85v.htm)
The Silos Beatus Codex by Beatus of Liébana, Spain, 1090-1109 (http://warfare.gq/12/Beatus-Silos.htm)
and later depictions:
Spanish Knights & Infantry in the Codex Calixtinus, 1135-1139AD (http://warfare.gq/12/Codex_Calixtinus-162v.htm)
Privilegium Imperatoris of the Emperor Alfonso VII of León and Castile, 1142-47AD (http://warfare.gq/12/Privilegium_imperatoris.htm)
A soldier with kite shield & horse in the Basilica of Saint Isidore of Leon, Spain, before 1149 (http://warfare.gq/12/Calendario_Agricola-San_Isidoro_de_Leon.htm)
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Knights/cavalry on the back of the Sarcophagus of Doña Sancha, Benedictine Monastery of Santa Cruz, Jaca, Spain, 1110-1120AD (http://warfare.cf/12/Sarcophagus_of_Dona_Sancha.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Spanish & North African Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.gq/Spain.htm)
These can be compared with earlier Spanish depictions:
Guerrero armado (Armed warrior), Liber Commicus, Academia de la Historia, Spain, 1073AD (http://warfare.gq/6C-11C/Liber_Commicus-f68v.htm)
El Burgo de Osma Codex by Beatus of Liébana, Spain, 1086 (http://warfare.gq/6C-11C/Beatus-Osma-f85v.htm)
The Silos Beatus Codex by Beatus of Liébana, Spain, 1090-1109 (http://warfare.gq/12/Beatus-Silos.htm)
and later depictions:
Spanish Knights & Infantry in the Codex Calixtinus, 1135-1139AD (http://warfare.gq/12/Codex_Calixtinus-162v.htm)
Privilegium Imperatoris of the Emperor Alfonso VII of León and Castile, 1142-47AD (http://warfare.gq/12/Privilegium_imperatoris.htm)
A soldier with kite shield & horse in the Basilica of Saint Isidore of Leon, Spain, before 1149 (http://warfare.gq/12/Calendario_Agricola-San_Isidoro_de_Leon.htm)
mirror site
Knights/cavalry on the back of the Sarcophagus of Doña Sancha, Benedictine Monastery of Santa Cruz, Jaca, Spain, 1110-1120AD (http://warfare.cf/12/Sarcophagus_of_Dona_Sancha.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Spanish & North African Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.gq/Spain.htm)