Knights of St. John & Ottomans of the 1480 siege of Rhodes in William Caoursin's Obsidionis Rhodiae Urbis Descriptio, Ulm 1496 edition.
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Zyzymus is the Latin name for Cem (Djem), a contestant to be Ottoman Sultan.
Folio 03v. The Ottoman fleet arriving by sea.
Folio 05r. Moles and broken Tower of Saint Nicholas: and the combat on sea and land.
Folio 06v. Tower of St. Nicholas, and the Church of St. Anthony.
Folio 08r. The Siege of Rhodes.
Folio 09v. Seorius being hanged.
Folio 10v. Turkish spokesman and Niles Therosolimitanus talking together.
Folio 12v. Combat of turks with soldiers and citizens of Rhodes.
Folio 13v. A Christian ship is attacked by twenty turkish galleys.
Folio 14v. The Turkish Fleet departs.
Folio 20v. Zyzymus with several Turks riding.
Folio 21v. Brothers Bayezid and Zyzymus with several turks, fighting [each other] turkish fashion.
Folio 23r. Zyzymus fleeing on horse with some Turks.
Folio 24r. Zyzymus addressing the Sultan, ruler of Babylonia and Egypt.
Folio 25v. Zyzymus riding with several Turks.
Folio 29v. The Master with Baiuliuis the prioribus: speakers to their front clothed turkish fashion.
Folio 30v. Order of Rhodes ship bringing Zyzymus to the Master.
Folio 31v. Zyzymus and the captain of the Rhodian fleet conversing.
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Knights of St. John & Ottomans of the 1480 siege of Rhodes in William Caoursin's Obsidionis Rhodiae Urbis Descriptio, Ulm 1496 edition.
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