Illustrations of 12th & 13th Century Crusader Knights

[Druzhina]

Sources for Ian Heath's illustrations of 12th & 13th century knights in Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291:
3. Frankish knight c.1097 based on a painted window in the monastery church of St Denis in Paris
4. Frankish knight c.1150 perhaps based on Roland and the Knights on their way to Compostela in the Codex Calixtinus
5. Frankish knight c.1189 based on the seal of Richard Coeur-de-Lion & the 2nd seal of Richard Coeur-de-Lion
6. Frankish knight c.1250 - see similar costume in Histoire d'Outremer par Guillaume de Tyr, Northern France, between 1232 and 1261
7. Frankish knight c.1275 based on the seal of John de Montfort, lord of Tyre and Toron (1270-1283)


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Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice one.

[Techno]

I DO like Ian Heath's stuff !
Cheers - Phil.