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Anyone having ancient ship illustrations (AD 400 to AD 700)? - SvenLittkowski - 01-17-2007
Greetings.
I am in need of ancient and early-medieval illustrations (mosaics, paintings, sketches, grafitti, models) showing ships. The timeframe is from AD 400 to AD 700, and the geological location should be the West Roman Empire, the East Roman Empire / The Byzantine Empire, and Arabia and India. Thanks!
Re: Anyone having ancient ship illustrations (AD 400 to AD 700)? - Andrew Brozyna - 01-18-2007
"Nautical Illustrations" selected by Jim Harter (ISBN: 0-486-42835-4) is a permission-free clip art book with lots of ancient / medieval boat images. It's all line art. Some are conjectural engraved illustrations from Victorian times. Others are copies of historic pieces - like Roman sculpture or the Bayeaux Tapestry. If there is something in particular you are after, let me know and I could scan/email a couple for you.
There is an other Dover Publications books that might be useful to you"
"The Book of Old Ships: From Egyptian Galleys to Clipper Ships," byHenry B. Culver
[url:1g2ofi6s]http://store.doverpublications.com/0486273326.html[/url]
I'm curious. How will you be using the images? It sounds like your giving a presentation or making a report.
Re: Anyone having ancient ship illustrations (AD 400 to AD 700)? - SvenLittkowski - 01-18-2007
Thanks for the hint, Andrew. Yes, plesse let me see some examples of early Byzantine-time ships.
Yes, you are kinda right: I am in the reconstruction of ships, and need to have all available ancient resources to do so.
Re: Anyone having ancient ship illustrations (AD 400 to AD 700)? - Susanna - 01-18-2007
Prof. R.W. Unger, Cogs, Caravels and Galleons, Chapter 4.
Also with a drawing of a reconstruction of a early 7th cent. Yassi Ada.
Re: Anyone having ancient ship illustrations (AD 400 to AD 700)? - Andrew Brozyna - 01-18-2007
Are you making a model? Or a real ship? I'll look for Byzantine images...
Re: Anyone having ancient ship illustrations (AD 400 to AD 700)? - L. Aufidius Pantera - 01-18-2007
I know I always say the same... but for any shippy illustrations of any time I'd go to
http://www1.rgzm.de/Navis2/home/frames.htm
and search the thing for the centuries you are interested in!
Have fun,
C.
Re: Anyone having ancient ship illustrations (AD 400 to AD 700)? - SvenLittkowski - 01-18-2007
Aufidius: I know that website, but even they don't have all images...
Andrew: Illustrations. But I would be very happy to have someone aboard making 3D models.
Susanna: Can you scan some images so I can see their quality and authenticity?