Negro Soldiers in Mediterranean Armies, 12th-13th centuries

Druzhina · Nov 9, 2013

Ian Heath based his Negro Soldiers, 12th-13th centuries, in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 on:
the Mosaic from the church of S. Maria Maggiore, Vercelli
Negro Swordsmen in the Capitals of Monreale Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, 1174 to 1182 AD
Cantiga 46 - A Moor made war on Christians and won a great booty
Cantiga 63 - Muslim soldiers under Almanzor (al-Mansur) attack San Esteban de Gormaz, in 989 CE
Cantiga 99 - The Moors realised that God was punishing them for desecrating the church

There is also A Negro soldier in a painted window in the monastery church of St Denis in Paris
A Sudanese spearman in Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291 by Ian Heath based on this window
A Sudanese archer in Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291 by Ian Heath
Negroid warriors with mace in the capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo in Sicily
Two infantry fighting with maces and shields on the bronze doors of Trani Cathedral
One of the Sleeping Guards at the Tomb, in a Syriac Gospel, c.1220, is painted as a negro

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Korinov · Nov 9, 2013

And people laughed when the sudanese mercenaries were introduced

Huge thanks, as always!

MihailoSRB · Nov 9, 2013

Korinov said:
And people laughed when the sudanese mercenaries were introduced Huge thanks, as always!

Indeed - thanks Druzhina.
It seems I did a good thing when I was making faces for the many Captains of Almohad/Banu Ghaniya.
I was torn apart whether I should make some negroid Captains too, just for the sake of diversity.
I did, and it seems I haven't made a mistake.

Revan Shan · Dec 4, 2013

Korinov said:
And people laughed when the sudanese mercenaries were introduced Huge thanks, as always!

It would be great to have them back. That would give the mod some variety and make it even more epic

"at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, the latter described as comprising 'huge' Negroes tied together ankle-to-ankle round Mohammed's tent"

That's true. And the knights of Navarre charged and did cut those ties. And since then (1200) the heraldy of that kingdom changed, including those ties since then in their shields

Korinov · Dec 4, 2013

Revan Shan said:
It would be great to have them back. That would give the mod some variety and make it even more epic

They were never gone to begin with

check taverns in almohad or banu ghaniya towns.

Druzhina · Dec 5, 2013

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Druzhina · Jan 1, 2015

Negroes in the Mamluk or Ilkhanid Kitāb al-mawālīd, 13thC

The Kitāb al-mawālīd (Book of nativities), attributed to Abū Maٔšar, contains pictures of Negroes & armoured Mamluk or Ilkhanid cavalry of the 13th century. It is written in Arabic but where it was made is uncertain. It shows the figures of the zodiac signs & the phases of the moon personified.
Negroes in Taurus, Leo, Libra & Pisces
Negroes in phases of the moon with links to full folios.
Negroes with axe & armoured cavalry with ventail in Capricorn
Negroes in Aquarius

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Kitāb al-mawālīd (Book of nativities), attributed to Abū Maٔšar, contains pictures of Negroes & armoured Mamluk or Ilkhanid cavalry of the 13th century.

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