Knights of St. John & Ottomans of the 1480 siege of Rhodes by William Caoursin

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Knights of St. John & Ottomans of the 1480 siege of Rhodes in William Caoursin's Obsidionis Rhodiae Urbis Descriptio, Ulm 1496 edition.

Folio 01v. Caoursin presenting his work to Grandmaster d'Aubusson. or larger image
Folio 03v. The fleet arriving by sea. or larger image
Folio 05r. Moles and broken Tower of Saint Nicholas: and the combat on sea and land. or larger image
Folio 06v. Tower of St. Nicholas, and the Church of St. Anthony. or larger image
Folio 08r. The Siege of Rhodes. or larger image
Folio 09v. Seorius being hanged. or larger image
Folio 10v. Turkish spokesman and Niles Therosolimitanus talking together. or larger image
Folio 12v. Combat of turks with soldiers and citizens of Rhodes. or larger image
Folio 13v. A Christian ship is attacked by twenty turkish galleys. or larger image
Folio 14v. The Turkish Fleet departs. or larger image
Folio 16v. City of Rhodes demolished: Earthquake. or larger image
Folio 17v. Death of the Grand Turk. or larger image
Folio 20v. Zyzymus with several Turks riding. or larger image
Folio 21v. Brothers Bayezid and Zyzymus with several turks, fighting [each other] turkish fashion. or larger image
Folio 23r. Zyzymus fleeing on horse with some Turks. or larger image
Folio 24r. Zyzymus addressing the Sultan, ruler of Babylonia and Egypt. or larger image
Folio 25v. Zyzymus riding with several Turks. or larger image
Folio 26v. Zyzymus, with Lamech, kneels before the false prophet Mohammed. or larger image
Folio 27v. Zyzymus and the Cilician Emir, on foot, conversing. or larger image
Folio 29v. The Master with Baiuliuis the prioribus: speakers to their front clothed turkish fashion. or larger image
Folio 30v. Order of Rhodes ship bringing Zyzymus to the Master. or larger image
Folio 31v. Zyzymus and the captain of the Rhodian fleet conversing. or larger image
Folio 33r. The Master with Baiuliuis the soldier, who receives turkish ally Zyzymus, converse about this. or larger image
Folio 35r. The Master and Zyzymus sitting at the table together. or larger image
Folio 36v. Turkish Sultan: Rhodes wanted peace. or larger image
Folio 39r. Rhodian ambassadors sitting before three turkish pashas. or larger image
Folio 40v. Rhodian ambassadors talking with the turkish Sultan. or larger image
Folio 41v. Turkish ambassador speaking to the master. or larger image
Folio 43v. Sultan Zyzymus is sent to the ruler of Salletzium(?). or larger image
Folio 47v. An angel warns the Turk that the right hand of John the Baptist is a gift to the master. or larger image
Folio 51r. Turkish spokesman presenting the hand of St. John the Baptist. or larger image
Folio 53v. Prior church in Rhodes, in procession carrying the sacred hand. or larger image
Folio 55r. Rhodian spokesman hands the letter to the Turk. or larger image
Folio 56v. Speech of the Rhodian vice-chancellor to the Supreme Pontiff or larger image
Folio 58v. Zyzymus presented by prior Aruernix to the Supreme Pontiff or larger image
Folio 60r. William Caoursin, Rhodian vice-chancellor, writing his history or larger image

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