Umayyad Frescos from Quṣayr ʿAmra, mid-8th century AD, Syrian, in situ, Jordan.

Audience/ Reception Hall. Click on an image to see a larger version.


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Horsemen Hunting Onagers, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Audience Hall, East Bay, North Wall.
Slaughtering Onagers, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Audience Hall, East Bay, North Wall.
Guards (east), Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Audience Hall, Central Alcove, East Wall.
Guards (west), Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Audience Hall, Central Alcove, West Wall.
Man with Sword, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. West Wall of the Reception Room.
Archer, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Ceiling of the Central Vault of the Reception Room.
Horseman, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Ceiling of the Central Vault of the Reception Room.
Prince or Caliph, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Front of the right nave of the Reception Room.
Flute Player, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. Upper Part of West Wall of the Reception Room.
Workers, Umayyad Fresco, Qusayr Amra, Jordan, early 8th century AD. N.E. spandrel of the central aisle of the great hall.

Sagittarius in the Dome of the Caldarium

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Referenced as Figure 122 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
122. Frescoes from Quṣayr ʿAmra, mid-8th century AD, Syrian, in situ, Jordan.

Vol. 1 p.171: Other evidence indicates that scale hauberks were widely used in the so-called Dark Ages, both within the world of Islam (Figs. 115, 122, 123, 189, 210, 258, 292, 305, 340, 384, 385, 416, 498, 515, 545, 548, 576, 577, 580, 581, 597, 603, 604C, 606, 609 and 659) and beyond (Figs. 196, 213, 229, 239, 241, 413, 417, 418, 446, 557, 586, 587, 609B and 634).

Vol. 1 p.217: Mail defences, migifars or zardīyah coifs, chasmak or sirash aventails,³⁵ or giriban throat-covering gorgets,³⁶ all appear in the pictorial sources and seem to have been quite widespread (Figs. 122, 146, 220B, 292, 422, 428, 430, 435, 445, 446, 447 and 507).

35. Mubārakshāh, op. cit., p. 252; Firdawsī, op. cit., pp. 59 and 725; Ayyuqī, op. cit., verse 710.
36. Firdawsī, op. cit., p. 818.

Vol. 2 p.346: Such a diversity of equipment is also portrayed in Umayyad art. Most of the heavy armour is shown on infantry in such sources (Figs. 122, 123, 124, 127, 141, 339 and 340). Yet this need not be a major difficulty, as at that time there appears to have been little specialization of equipment and hardly much more of military function. In one case (Fig. 122) warriors are represented with long-bladed spears of a type that will later be associated with cavalry. They are, in fact, probably horsemen as they stand in iconographic balance with apparently infantry warriors (Fig. 122) on the walls on either side of an enthroned ruler or prince at Quṣayr ʿAmr.