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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!
Franck alias D. Vlattera, byzantine dignitary in "Tagma de Byzance".
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Mille merci for helpining me with the spelling.
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Um . . . Lowe, actually. Though I like the idea of being known as Steven Love - maybe I could get a job in a porn movie . . .?
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The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
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To the right Justigniani's "Toichomachos" crosbowman of italian origin.
The left Anatolian "akindjii"with unusually superb headgear.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Most companies do not pay research. Why you think books suck?
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Who, me? No, never seen it before. Please show the 4th & 5th c plates!
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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 .
"It is safer and more advantageous to overcome the enemy by planning and generalship than by sheer force"
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
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