druzhina
01-06-2017, 05:45
I have put together a collection of 6th century contemporary illustrations of Romano-Byzantine warriors:
Byzantine soldiers on the Throne of Archbishop Maximian of Ravenna, Constantinople or Alexandria, 545–553AD (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Maximian_Throne-right.htm)
Justinian as world conqueror. The Barberini Ivory, Byzantine, mid-sixth century (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Barberini_Ivory.htm)
Byzantine Horse on a textile, 6th century, The Walters Art Museum (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Byzantine_horse.htm)
St Theodore, Coptic Icon from the Monastery of St Catherine, Mt Sinai, 6th-century (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Coptic-St_Theodore-Sinai-6C.htm)
Romano-Byzantine Soldiers on the Sitten Pyxis, Ivory, 6th Century, Museum of Valere, Sitten (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Sitten_Pyxis.htm)
Pyxis Showing Scenes from the Story of the Three Youths of Babylon, Byzantine, 6th century. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, W-7 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Pyxis-Byzantine-3_Youths-Hermitage-W-7.htm)
Pyxis Showing Scenes from the Story of Joseph, Byzantine, 6th century. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, W-8 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Pyxis-Byzantine-Joseph-Hermitage-W-8.htm)
Pyxis Showing Scenes from the Martyrdom and Sanctuary of St Menas, Byzantine, 6th century. British Museum, 1879,1220.1 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Pyxis-Byzantine-St_Menas-BM-1879_1220_1.htm)
The Rabbula Gospels Evangelia characteribus Syriacis exarata Northern Syria, 586AD, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Firenze. Plut.01.56 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Rabbula_Gospel-4r.htm)
6th-7th century Romans in the Ashburnham Pentateuch, BnF MS NAL 2334 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Ashburnham-Pentateuch-f25r-Esau.htm)
Byzantine or Lombard Armoured Cavalryman on a plate from Isola Rizza, late 6th-early 7th centuries AD (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Isola_Rizza_Dish.htm)
Byzantine Warriors on Terracotta icons from Vinica, Macedonia, 6th or 7th century (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Vinica-Terracotta_Icons.htm)
The Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter - Coptic Icon in the Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 6th-8th century (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Sacrifice_of_Jephthahs_Daughter-Sinai.htm)
Mirror Site
6th century Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.ga/Byzantine.htm)
Druzhina
Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Byzantine.htm)
Byzantine soldiers on the Throne of Archbishop Maximian of Ravenna, Constantinople or Alexandria, 545–553AD (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Maximian_Throne-right.htm)
Justinian as world conqueror. The Barberini Ivory, Byzantine, mid-sixth century (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Barberini_Ivory.htm)
Byzantine Horse on a textile, 6th century, The Walters Art Museum (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Byzantine_horse.htm)
St Theodore, Coptic Icon from the Monastery of St Catherine, Mt Sinai, 6th-century (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Coptic-St_Theodore-Sinai-6C.htm)
Romano-Byzantine Soldiers on the Sitten Pyxis, Ivory, 6th Century, Museum of Valere, Sitten (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Sitten_Pyxis.htm)
Pyxis Showing Scenes from the Story of the Three Youths of Babylon, Byzantine, 6th century. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, W-7 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Pyxis-Byzantine-3_Youths-Hermitage-W-7.htm)
Pyxis Showing Scenes from the Story of Joseph, Byzantine, 6th century. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, W-8 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Pyxis-Byzantine-Joseph-Hermitage-W-8.htm)
Pyxis Showing Scenes from the Martyrdom and Sanctuary of St Menas, Byzantine, 6th century. British Museum, 1879,1220.1 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Pyxis-Byzantine-St_Menas-BM-1879_1220_1.htm)
The Rabbula Gospels Evangelia characteribus Syriacis exarata Northern Syria, 586AD, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Firenze. Plut.01.56 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Rabbula_Gospel-4r.htm)
6th-7th century Romans in the Ashburnham Pentateuch, BnF MS NAL 2334 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Ashburnham-Pentateuch-f25r-Esau.htm)
Byzantine or Lombard Armoured Cavalryman on a plate from Isola Rizza, late 6th-early 7th centuries AD (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Isola_Rizza_Dish.htm)
Byzantine Warriors on Terracotta icons from Vinica, Macedonia, 6th or 7th century (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Vinica-Terracotta_Icons.htm)
The Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter - Coptic Icon in the Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 6th-8th century (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Sacrifice_of_Jephthahs_Daughter-Sinai.htm)
Mirror Site
6th century Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.ga/Byzantine.htm)
Druzhina
Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Byzantine.htm)