Illustrations of 12th-13th century Italian Seamen

[Druzhina]

Ian Heath based his Italian Seaman, 12th-13th centuries on the Sea Battle between the Pisans and Genoese, 1241 and the Siege of Damietta in Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris.
He also describes French or English seamen in the Sea Battle off Sandwich from the same manuscript.

Other late 12th illustrations of ships & seamen can be found in Carmen de motibus Siculis, by Pietro da Eboli
Folio 110r. Tancred fights Bohemian Knights
Folio 119r. Departure of the captive Empress Constance d'Hautville for Messina which has a pole with 2 hooks for dragging crew from enemy ships.
Folio 120r. Empress Constance Arriving in Messina. / Empress Constance talks with Tancred.
Folio 131r. The army and the fleet of the Emperor Henry VI to conquer the kingdom of Sicily.

MIRROR SITES
Italian Seaman, 12th-13th centuries
Carmen de motibus Siculis, by Pietro da Eboli

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

There are some really good sites there.
Drawn by people who had seen ships, but not got scale!