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Troyes Casket
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The front of the Troyes casket.
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Troyes Casket
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Victorious Byzantine Emperor receiving the submission of an enemy city, from the Troyes casket. Except for the crown the equipment worn is identical to that of the horsemen on the front of the casket, shown on page 7. (Trésor de la Cathédrale, Troyes)
Source: p.22, MAA 89 Byzantine Armies 886-1118 by Ian Heath & Angus McBride
Referenced as figure 223 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
223. Ivory box, 11th century AD, Byzantine, Cathedral Treasury, Troyes (Ric B).
by Giuseppe Rava
Plate E. IMPERIAL LION-HUNT, SYRIA, c. 975
Lion-hunting was a favourite sport of the young sons of the Anatolian aristocracy, and a good preparation for war.
E1: Emperor Iohannes Dzimiskés
The emperor – who in 969 replaced Nikêphóros Phokás in the affections of the dowager Empress Theophanó, and on the throne – is reconstructed here after Leo the Diacon’s description of his gilded armour, and his portrait in the Cappadocian church of Cavusin. Note the alternating lacquered iron and gilt bronze lamellae, and the gilded splint-armour manikelia on his forearms. His horse harness is based on the emperor’s horse shown on the Troyes casket.
Source: pp.42-43, Byzantine Imperial Guardsmen 925-1025: The Tághmata and Imperial Guard by Timothy Dawson
