druzhina
02-27-2019, 05:52
I find it interesting that multiple examples of an illustration, on perishable material, can survive for over a thousand years.
The most I have found is seven examples of horse-archers on silk:
Arab, Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archer on a Coptic Textile, 7th century, Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-Dumbarton_Oaks.htm)
Egyptian, Syrian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic Textile, Egypt or Syria, 7th-8th century, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-Hermitage.htm)
Egyptian, Syrian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic Textile, Syria, 8th century, Cleveland Museum of Art (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-Cleveland-1952_104.htm)
Egyptian, Syrian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic Textile, Egypt or Syria, 8th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-metmuseum.htm)
Egyptian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic or Byzantine Textile, Egypt or Byzantium, 6th-7th centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum 292-188 (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-VaA-1292-1889.htm)
Egyptian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic or Byazantine Textile, Egypt or Syria, 8th century, Victoria and Albert Museum 817-190 (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-VaA-817-1903.htm)
Egyptian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic or Byazantine Textile, Egypt or Syria, 8th century, Victoria and Albert Museum 817-190 (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-VaA-2185A-1900.htm)
Comparison of Egyptian or Arab Horse Archers on Islamic or Byzantine Textiles (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archers.htm)
They were perhaps either mass produced or continued to be produced over a long time period for this many to turn up in western museums, as there are probably other survivers in institutions and private hands.
There are also 3 of another, similar, design: Arab, Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archers on Silk, 7th-8th Centuries (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Syrian_or_Byzantine_Horse_Archers.htm)
Mirror Sites
Comparison of Egyptian or Arab Horse Archers on Islamic or Byzantine Textiles (https://warfare.x10host.com/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archers.htm)
Arab, Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archers on Silk, 7th-8th Centuries (https://warfare.x10host.com/6-10/Syrian_or_Byzantine_Horse_Archers.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Arabian Costume & Soldiers (https://warfare.6te.net/Arab.htm)
The most I have found is seven examples of horse-archers on silk:
Arab, Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archer on a Coptic Textile, 7th century, Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-Dumbarton_Oaks.htm)
Egyptian, Syrian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic Textile, Egypt or Syria, 7th-8th century, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-Hermitage.htm)
Egyptian, Syrian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic Textile, Syria, 8th century, Cleveland Museum of Art (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-Cleveland-1952_104.htm)
Egyptian, Syrian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic Textile, Egypt or Syria, 8th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-metmuseum.htm)
Egyptian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic or Byzantine Textile, Egypt or Byzantium, 6th-7th centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum 292-188 (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-VaA-1292-1889.htm)
Egyptian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic or Byazantine Textile, Egypt or Syria, 8th century, Victoria and Albert Museum 817-190 (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-VaA-817-1903.htm)
Egyptian or Arab Horse Archer on an Islamic or Byazantine Textile, Egypt or Syria, 8th century, Victoria and Albert Museum 817-190 (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archer-VaA-2185A-1900.htm)
Comparison of Egyptian or Arab Horse Archers on Islamic or Byzantine Textiles (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archers.htm)
They were perhaps either mass produced or continued to be produced over a long time period for this many to turn up in western museums, as there are probably other survivers in institutions and private hands.
There are also 3 of another, similar, design: Arab, Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archers on Silk, 7th-8th Centuries (https://warfare.6te.net/6-10/Syrian_or_Byzantine_Horse_Archers.htm)
Mirror Sites
Comparison of Egyptian or Arab Horse Archers on Islamic or Byzantine Textiles (https://warfare.x10host.com/6-10/Coptic-Horse_Archers.htm)
Arab, Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archers on Silk, 7th-8th Centuries (https://warfare.x10host.com/6-10/Syrian_or_Byzantine_Horse_Archers.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Arabian Costume & Soldiers (https://warfare.6te.net/Arab.htm)