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Arms and Armour in the Carved Column Capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo in Sicily, 1174 to 1182 AD
Exterior view, south walk, capital (S24)
Knights fighting Infidels
Photo by kristobalite
Referenced on p.38, God's Warriors, Knights Templar, Saracens and the Battle for Jerusalem by Helen Nicholson & David Nicolle:
A carved capital in the cloisters of Monreale Cathedral, Sicily, made in the late 12th century.
The many carvings at Monreale show a greater variety of arms and armour than do the carvings of northern Europe and may reflect both climate
and a specifically Mediterranean military tradition shared with Byzantium, the Arab countries and the Latin States of the Middle East.
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