Hun soldier and herald

A Hun soldier in armoured tunic and fur cape, holding a straight sword with another curved scimitar on his belt.. . A Hun herald (10) in armoured tunic and plumed helmet, holding a sceptre and carrying a curved sword at his belt.. . "The Huns or the Hiong-nu, a very ancient nation from the north-east of Asia, penetrated Europe at the beginning of the 5th century.". . "One sees in this engraving a man holding up a naked sword drenched with blood. He is accompanied by a herald who traveled the lands of the Huns to convene an assembly of the people. It is obvious to see that these Huns have already had contact with the Romans." . . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

5. JAHRHUNDERT • 5. JH. • ABDRUCK • ANTIKE • ANTIQUARIAT • ARMEE: SOLDAT • ASIEN • ASIEN, KONTINENT • ECCLESIA • EUROPA • EUROPAEER (F M) • EUROPAEER • EUROPÄER (F M) • EUROPÄER • EUROPÄISCH • GRAVUR • HAUPT • HUNNEN • INNENRAEUME: KIRCHEN • KIRCHE • KIRCHEN • KNUEPPEL • KNÜPPEL • KOENIG • KONTINENT, ASIEN • KOSTUEM (VERKLEIDUNG) • KRIEGSKEULE • KÖNIG • LEUTE • MENSCHEN • PRUEGEL • SCHWERT • SOLD • SOLDAT • SOLDATEN • STICH (KUNST) • VERKLEIDUNG • VOLKSARMIST • VÖLKERSCHAU • WAFFE: KNUEPPEL • WAFFE: KRIEGSKEULE • WAFFE: PRUEGEL • ZEITALTER