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Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - Demetrios Vlattera - 06-12-2007 Quote:...if we assume thay are either troopes of Marchal Busicote (hope I spelled it right.) "Boucicaut" or "Boucicault" in French. :wink: Thanks for your help! Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - hoplite14gr - 06-12-2007 We aim to please as the moderators say Mille merci for helpining me with the spelling. Kind regards Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - hoplite14gr - 06-16-2007 This link is on the net courtesy of S. Lowe whose help was crucial when I wrote the Varangians article last February. Enjoy: http://www.geocities.com/egfroth/scholae.html Kind regards Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - egfroth - 06-16-2007 Um . . . Lowe, actually. Though I like the idea of being known as Steven Love - maybe I could get a job in a porn movie . . .? Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - hoplite14gr - 06-16-2007 :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: I correct it and I apologize. I promise I will never post while talking to the cellphone :oops: :oops: :oops: Hope you will not strike me with your battle-axe Steven Kind regards Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - hoplite14gr - 06-19-2007 To the right Justigniani's "Toichomachos" crosbowman of italian origin. The left Anatolian "akindjii"with unusually superb headgear. Kind regards Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - Theodosius the Great - 07-02-2007 egfroth, Here's a shot of Timothy Dalton from Cleopatra (1999) : His armor is Byzantine in style. See the shoulder plates ? :wink: ~Theo Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - Peter Raftos - 07-02-2007 Team, Tim Dawson's new Osprey book is now available: Byzantine Infantryman: Eastern Roman Empire c.900-1204 Illustrated by Angus McBride Given his current and up to date scholarship this should be an excellent read and remedy a lot of the material in earlier works by Osprey. Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - Robert Vermaat - 07-02-2007 Thanks Peter. Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - hoplite14gr - 07-11-2007 These guys may well represent Maniakes Army in Italy The knight may also be lombard (Arduin?) Yes some Berbers claim descent from Normans or even Vandals. The Varangian is reconstructed from an icon in German private collection. The original is in the site of our good friend "egfroth". I have my doubts about the headgear that it is asociated with "Jews" in Byzantine Art. Kind regards Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - hoplite14gr - 07-11-2007 I meant the Varangian's headgear Gioi. It is "VOULGAROKTONOS" = Bulgarslayer not Bulgar-chewer The advisor of this artist sucks. The fancy peacock feathers come from the casket though to represent Justinian. Heavy speculation if Vasilios wore them-he was averse to luxury. The standard bearer wears the "Kremlin helmet" which is dated roughly 200 years later. The "spatharios" holding the reigns should be wearing white and purple The captured boyar's attire is more 16th century rather than early 11th and it looks very "hungarian". Sloppy research in my opinion Kind regards Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - hoplite14gr - 07-11-2007 Most companies do not pay research. Why you think books suck? Kind regards Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - Robert Vermaat - 07-11-2007 Quote:The fancy peacock feathers come from the casket though to represent Justinian. Heavy speculation if Vasilios wore them-he was averse to luxury.And Heraclius. Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - Robert Vermaat - 07-11-2007 Who, me? No, never seen it before. Please show the 4th & 5th c plates! Re: Byzantine Weapons and Warfare - egfroth - 07-12-2007 Quote:The captured boyar's attire is more 16th century rather than early 11th and it looks very "hungarian". Though I agree with most of your criticisms, I beg to differ regarding this outfit. The Menologion of Basil II (or perhaps it's his psalter) shows just such an outfit being worn by an upper-class Bulgarian - see http://www.geocities.com/egfroth1/Bulgarians . |