Illustrations from the manuscript of:

The pilgrimage of the Knight Arnold von Harff from Cologne through Italy, Syria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nubia, Palestine, Turkey, France and Spain, as he has completed in the years 1496 to 1499, described and illustrated by drawings.

Folio 81r  Costume and Arms of the Arabs.


Tracht und Rüstung der Araber.
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See also A Bedouin Tribesman in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath, based on the The pilgrimage of Arnold von Harff
Arab Cavalry in a 15th century copy of Jami' al-Tawarikh by Rashid al-Din
Other Illustrations of Arabian Costume & Soldiers