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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).
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Hun soldier and herald
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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).
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Album / Florilegius
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3107 x 4695 px | 41.7 MB
Print size:
26.3 x 39.8 cm | 10.4 x 15.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
5TH CENTURY • ÂGÉS • ANCIENT WORLD • ANIMAL-SKIN • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ARMORED • ARMS: CLUB • ARMS: CUDGEL • ARMS: MACE • ARMY: SOLDIER • ASIA • CENTURY • CEREMONIAL • CHAIN-MAIL • CHURCH • CLUB (WEAPON) • CLUB • CLUB, WEAPON • COPPERPLATE • COSTUME • COSTUMES • CUDGEL • CUDGEL, WEAPON • CURVED • DISGUISE • ECCLESIA • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • FEUDAL • HANDCOLORED • HERALD • HIONG-NU • HISTORICAL • HUMANS • HUN • HUNS • KING • MACE • MACE, WEAPON • MASQUERADE • MEDIEVAL • MIDDLE AGES • MIDDLE • PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIER • PEOPLE • PICTURE • PRINCIPAL • PRINT • RELIGIOUS • RELIGIOUS     • ROBERT • SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SOLIDER • SPALART • SPALLART • SWORD • TRIBE • TROOPS • TRUNCHEON (POLICE) • TRUNCHEON • TUNIC • USED BOOK STORE • VIENA • VIENNA • VIENNA: • VIENNE • VON • WARRIOR • WARRIORS