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Druzhina29 Apr 2013 4:21 a.m. PST

13th Century Middle Eastern Costume
The Sleeping Guards at the Tomb, Syriac Gospel, c.1220
Christ before the High Priest, Syriac Gospel, c.1220
. A drawing of, and notes on, a Syrian Cavalryman c.1220 by Ian Heath based on this manuscript
The Crucifixion, Syriac Gospel, c.1220
Jacobite-Syriac Lectionary of the Gospels, Monastery of Mar Mattai near Mosul, 1220
Na't al-hayawan – A treatise on animals and the medical properties of the various parts of their bodies, compiled from works of Aristotle and Ibn Bakhtishu', c.1220
An Arabic Translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, 1224, Purple betony & Swordsman
Ayyubid Hunters on a Canister, 1238-40 & detail
Syriac Gospels, mid 13th century
Kalila and Dimna, 13th century
Ayyubid Hunter on an Incense-burner or Hand-warmer, 3rd quarter of 13th Century
Mamluk Midfa and rockets in The Book of Horsemanship and Ingenious War Devices, c. 1280
. Drawing of a Mamluk Engineer with Midfa based on this illustration.

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The Sleeping Guards at the Tomb, Syriac Gospel, c.1220
Christ before the High Priest, Syriac Gospel, c.1220
. A drawing of, and notes on, a Syrian Cavalryman c.1220 by Ian Heath based on this manuscript
The Crucifixion, Syriac Gospel, c.1220
Jacobite-Syriac Lectionary of the Gospels, Monastery of Mar Mattai near Mosul, 1220
Na't al-hayawan – A treatise on animals and the medical properties of the various parts of their bodies, compiled from works of Aristotle and Ibn Bakhtishu', c.1220
An Arabic Translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, 1224, Purple betony & Swordsman
Ayyubid Hunters on a Canister, 1238-40 & detail
Syriac Gospels, mid 13th century
Kalila and Dimna, 13th century
Ayyubid Hunter on an Incense-burner or Hand-warmer, 3rd quarter of 13th Century
Mamluk Midfa and rockets in The Book of Horsemanship and Ingenious War Devices, c. 1280
. Drawing of a Mamluk Engineer with Midfa based on this illustration.

Druzhina
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Druzhina29 Apr 2013 5:31 p.m. PST
Marcus Maximus03 May 2013 12:06 p.m. PST

Your timing is impeccable Druzhina – great finds and links! If no one has said it, you finding these online and sharing them with us all on TMP is greatly appreciated!

Druzhina03 May 2013 6:28 p.m. PST

Thanks Marcus Maximus.

Links to new web hosts for larger collections I have posted before:
Maqamat of al-Hariri, BnF Ms Arabe 6094, 1222-23AD
Maqamat of al-Hariri, St. Petersburg Ms C-23, c. 1225-35
Maqamat of al-Hariri, BnF Ms Arabe 5847, 1237AD
Maqamat of al-Hariri, BnF Ms Arabe 3929, 2nd quarter of 13th century
Bedouin Tribesmen by Ian Heath based on illustrations in Hariri's Maqamat and on illustrations in Raschid al-Din's Jami' al-Tawarikh

Illustrations from 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-tabita) by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Sufi
Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris, c.1240–5
Saracen Crossbowman by Ian Heath based on the 'Chronica Majora' – Treaty between Nazir of Kerak and the Count of Brittany
Ayyubid Heavy Cavalryman according to Matthew Paris by Ian Heath based on the 'Chronica Majora' – Capture of the True Cross at Hattin

Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs) c. 1218-19
Kitab al-Diryaq (the Book of Antidotes) by Pseudo-Gallen, early 13th century
Seljuks in Varqa wa Gulshah
Other Information about Seljuks

Drawings of & notes by Ian Heath – based on the above:
Turkish cavalry
Seljuk Heavy Cavalryman
Seljuk Infantrymen
Saracen Standards
Moslem Musicians by Ian Heath
Saracen Heraldry by Ian Heath
Ayyubid Mamluk by Ian Heath based on Frontispiece, 13th Century Kitab al-Diryaq

Manuscripts from Acre, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Ancient history until Caesar. Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1260-1270.
The 'Roger Histories', or Ancient history until Caesar. Acre, c.1287
Histoire d'Outremer par Guillaume de Tyr, Saint-Jean-d'Acre, c.1280 – Lyon BM Ms 828
Histoire d'Outremer – French translation with continuation until 1275, Acre, c.1287 – Boulogne-sur-mer Ms 142
Christians and Muslims fight outside an Islamic City from Histoire d'Outremer by William of Tyre. St Petersburg Manuscript of 1280AD
. Mamluk Cavalry by Ian Heath based on the Histoire d'Outremer

Druzhina
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