Negro Soldiers in Mediterranean Armies, 12th-13th centuries
Ian Heath based his Negro Soldiers, 12th-13th centuries (http://warfare.atspace.eu/Medieval2/Feudal-85-88-Negro_Soldiers.htm) on:
the Mosaic from the church of S. Maria Maggiore, Vercelli (http://warfare2.netai.net/6C-11C/Vercelli_Maria_Maggiore.htm)
Negro Swordsmen in the Capitals of Monreale Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, 1174 to 1182 AD (http://warfare.atspace.eu/Medieval2/Monreale_Capitals-foto_III.htm)
Cantiga 46 - A Moor made war on Christians and won a great booty (http://cantiga.co.nf/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria-046-1.htm)
Cantiga 63 - Muslim soldiers under Almanzor (al-Mansur) attack San Esteban de Gormaz, in 989 CE (http://cantiga.co.nf/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria-063-4.htm)
Cantiga 99 - The Moors realised that God was punishing them for desecrating the church (http://cantiga.co.nf/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria-099-6-large.htm)
There is also A Negro soldier in a painted window in the monastery church of St Denis in Paris (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/Franks/St_Denis-Plate-52-Vol-1.htm)
A drawing of a Sudanese spearman by Ian Heath based on this window (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/Egypt/Crusades-34-Sudanese_Spearman.htm)
A drawing of a Sudanese archer by Ian Heath (http://warfare.atspace.eu/Medieval/Crusades-33-Sudanese_Archer.htm)
Negroid warriors with mace in the capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo in Sicily (http://warfare.atspace.eu/Medieval/Monreale_Capitals-Fig19-detail.htm)
Two infantry fighting with maces and shields on the bronze doors of Trani Cathedral (http://warfare2.netai.net/Medieval/Trani-Mace_fighting.htm)
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MIRROR SITES
Negro Soldiers, 12th-13th centuries, by Ian Heath (http://warfare.uphero.com/Medieval2/Feudal-85-88-Negro_Soldiers.htm)
Mosaic from the church of S. Maria Maggiore, Vercelli (http://warfare.likamva.in/6C-11C/Vercelli_Maria_Maggiore.htm)
Negro Swordsmen in the capitals of Monreale Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, 1174 to 1182 AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/Medieval2/Monreale_Capitals-foto_III.htm)
Negroid warriors with mace in the capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo in Sicily (http://warfare.uphero.com/Medieval/Monreale_Capitals-Fig19-detail.htm)
A Negro soldier in a painted window in the monastery church of St Denis in Paris (http://warfare.co.nf/Franks/St_Denis-Plate-52-Vol-1.htm)
A drawing of a Sudanese spearman by Ian Heath based on this window (http://warfare.co.nf/Egypt/Crusades-34-Sudanese_Spearman.htm)
A drawing of a Sudanese archer by Ian Heath (http://warfare.uphero.com/Medieval/Crusades-33-Sudanese_Archer.htm)
Negroid warriors with mace in the capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo in Sicily (http://warfare.uphero.com/Medieval/Monreale_Capitals-Fig19-detail.htm)
Two infantry fighting with maces and shields on the bronze doors of Trani Cathedral (http://warfare.likamva.in/Medieval/Trani-Mace_fighting.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare2.netai.net/index.htm)
Good sites D!
Nice !
Cheers - Phil.