Military Costume in 'Códice De Trajes', 1547

[druzhina]

The Códice De Trajes is a costume book from c.1547 produced in Germany and preserved in Spain.
It portrays mostly civilian costume but there are pictures of North-African, Spanish, Basque, Netherlandish, English & Habsburg soldiers.
There are also Hungarians, Mamelukes, Ottomans & Tatars. These are not all primary sources, e.g the Turks share a source with Three Mounted Orientals by Daniel Hopfer as do the Mamelukes (labelled MOSQVWITER).
Does anyone recognise any other sources used?


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Military Costume in Códice De Trajes, 1547

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Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[The Wizard]

Great post, but the Códice is every bit as interesting for the traditional clothing of the European peoples as it is for the (few) military figures there! You kind of feel taken on a journey with the author through mid-16th century Europe, and it's amazing how much diversity (and yet similarity) of clothing there was. And especially how the women of Christian Europe hardly dressed differently from the women of the Ottoman empire! Thanks for this great link.

[druzhina]

Great post, but the Códice is every bit as interesting for the traditional clothing of the European peoples as it is for the (few) military figures there! You kind of feel taken on a journey with the author through mid-16th century Europe, and it's amazing how much diversity (and yet similarity) of clothing there was. And especially how the women of Christian Europe hardly dressed differently from the women of the Ottoman empire! Thanks for this great link.

Yes, there is also a link to the PDF for those who wish to see more.

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers