Germani custodes corporis

[Urselius]

The illustration may have been inspired by a Byzantine manuscript, but I cannot think of the specific instance. The neck torc is shown on the St Vitale mosaic. The sword is not Late Roman, I'd put it no earlier than 700 AD, probably a good deal later. Bar-shaped guards on swords are shown on the Stilicho and Honorius ivories, but the type of elongated quillons shown in the illustration are much later in date.