Dark Age Resources 600-1000AD

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A Sogdian Mortuary Couch, Bas Relief, Northern Qi dynasty, A.D. 550–577.

Guimet Slab of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch & large image
. Sogdian Men at a New Year Festival & large image
. Detail of musicians on the lower centre of the Guimet Slab of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of upper right of the Guimet Slab of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch - Giving Offerings
Left Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of a Banquet on the left top of the Left Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of a Ruler & Escort in the centre of the Left Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of a horseman from the Left Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
Right Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of a horseman from the Right Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
Left Frontal (Cologne) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
Right Frontal (Cologne) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. End Views of Frontals (Cologne) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch

MIRROR SITE:
A Sogdian Mortuary Couch, Bas Relief, Northern Qi dynasty, A.D. 550–577.
Guimet Slab of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch & large image
. Sogdian Men at a New Year Festival & large image
. Detail of musicians on the lower centre of the Guimet Slab of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of upper right of the Guimet Slab of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch - Giving Offerings
Left Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of a Banquet on the left top of the Left Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of a Ruler & Escort in the centre of the Left Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of a horseman from the Left Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
Right Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. Detail of a horseman from the Right Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
Left Frontal (Cologne) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
Right Frontal (Cologne) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch
. End Views of Frontals (Cologne) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch

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[Techno]

Astounding workmanship.
What would it have looked like when new ?
Cheers - Phil.

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From Karashahr {Qarasahr} (between Kucha & Turfan)
Portions of stucco relief figures, front wall decoration of Buddhist shrines, 'Ming-oi' Site, Kara-shahr.
Armoured Cavalrymen from Šōrčuq.
Clay figure. Armoured Cavalryman from Šōrčuq at Qarasahr. 8th Century(?)
A drawing of, and notes on, an Asiatic Heavy Cavalryman by Ian Heath based on this clay figure
Armoured Men from Karashahr

Chotscho {Khocho}
Leg Armour & Stirrup from Chotscho
Manichaean Silk Painting from Chotscho showing armoured warriors
Tuyoq
An armoured bodhisattva from Mucilinda cave, Tuyoq


MIRROR SITE:
Portions of stucco relief figures, front wall decoration of Buddhist shrines, 'Ming-oi' Site, Kara-shahr.
Armoured Cavalrymen from Šōrčuq.
Clay figure. Armoured Cavalryman from Šōrčuq at Qarasahr. 8th Century(?)
Armoured Men from Karashahr

Leg Armour & Stirrup from Chotscho
Manichaean Silk Painting from Chotscho showing armoured warriors

An armoured bodhisattva from Mucilinda cave, Tuyoq

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[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice one! 

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Khotan
A horseman and camel-rider from Dandān-Uiliq at Khotan, Tarim Basin & large B&W image
A four armed Bodhisattva in Persian style costume from Dandān-Uiliq at Khotan, Tarim Basin & large B&W image
A horseman with offering bowl from Dandān-Uiliq at Khotan, Tarim Basin & large B&W image

MIRROR SITE:
A horseman and camel-rider from Dandān-Uiliq at Khotan, Tarim Basin & large B&W image
A four armed Bodhisattva in Persian style costume from Dandān-Uiliq at Khotan, Tarim Basin & large B&W image
A horseman with offering bowl from Dandān-Uiliq at Khotan, Tarim Basin & large B&W image

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Byzantine plates with biblical characters in Byzantine costume & armour of the reign of Herakleios, early 7th century
Confrontation of David with Eliab (in Byzantine Armour) & large image
Presentation of David to Saul
Arming of David in Byzantine Armour & large image
Battle of David and Goliath (in Byzantine Armour) & large image

A drawing of, and notes on, a Heraclian Byzantine Heavy Cavalryman by Phil Barker & Ian Heath
A drawing of, and notes on, a 7th-8th Century Byzantine Skutatos by Ian Heath

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10th century Lombards in chainmail hauberk with round shield and spear.

Full image from Exultet Beneventano Ms. Vat. Lat. 9820

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[Techno]

Those Byzantine plates are stunning !
Cheers - Phil.

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Lombard knights in an early 11th Century De rerum naturis


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Wall paintings from one of the Ghaznavid palaces at Laškari Bazar in central Afghanistan
A soft headdress resembling a turban in a wall painting from room IV
Ghaznavid Bodyguard by Graham Turner
Ghaznavid Ghulam by Ian Heath


MIRROR SITE:
Wall paintings from one of the Ghaznavid palaces at Laškari Bazar in central Afghanistan
A soft headdress resembling a turban in a wall painting from room IV
Ghaznavid Bodyguard by Graham Turner
Ghaznavid Ghulam by Ian Heath


Dailami
A summary of the written sources for Dailamis

An extract from Ian Heath on Dailami Tribesmen

Daylami Infantryman, early 11th century by Angus McBride based on:
. A 10th century pot excavated at Nishapur, Khurasan portraying warriors
. 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī, dated 1009-10 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144)

MIRROR SITE:
An extract from Ian Heath on Dailami Tribesmen
Daylami Infantryman, early 11th century by Angus McBride based on:
. A 10th century pot excavated at Nishapur, Khurasan portraying warriors
. 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī, dated 1009-10 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144)

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[Techno]

Good finds again D.

I like some of the more modern interpretations too.
Couple of the links didn't want to connect when I tried...but the mirror sites worked  OK.
Thanks again - Phil.

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Lombard King Rotario Dictating the Law, Codex Legum Longobardorum, 11th century


David in a Polirone Psalter, northern Italy, before 1086AD


'Charlemagne's chess set', Southern Italy, end of the eleventh century
Italo-Norman Heavy Cavalryman by Ian Heath based on these chess pieces


MIRROR SITE:
Lombard King Rotario Dictating the Law, Codex Legum Longobardorum, 11th century
David in a Polirone Psalter, northern Italy, before 1086AD
'Charlemagne's chess set', Southern Italy, end of the eleventh century
Italo-Norman Heavy Cavalryman by Ian Heath based on these chess pieces

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[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Wow, nice finds again.

[Techno]

I really love this stuff !
Brilliant again D.
Cheers - Phil.

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The Pila, an Islamic Ablution Basin, early to mid 11th century, Spain
. Larger image of the Pila
. Detail of Horsemen
. Detail of Men Pulling Beards
. Detail of Bearers


MIRROR SITE
The Pila, an Islamic Ablution Basin, early to mid 11th century, Spain
. Larger image of the Pila
. Detail of Horsemen
. Detail of Men Pulling Beards
. Detail of Bearers

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