Issu des fouilles entreprises à la citadelle de Damas, cet ouvrage présente le matériel militaire d'époque mamelouk exhumé en 2001 et 2002. S'appuyant sur un catalogue des objets, il est ordonné en 3 thèmes : armure, archerie, armes à feu. L'ensemble marque une avancée des connaissances dans divers domaines de la technologie militaire au Proche-Orient à la fin de la période médiévale. ©Electre 2024
The discovery of this hoard of varied military and related materials has added hugely to our knowledge of late medieval Middle Eastern and especially Mamluk military technology. It even includes harness and costume. Until a few years ago, virtually the only arms and armour known to survive from this period, culture and region were the usually fine-quality, often highly decorated pieces of military equipment preserved in a handful of museums or private collections.
Such relics illuminated certain aspects of the arms and armour of the ruling and military élites of the late Mamluk Sultanate, but they rarely shed much light on the equipment used by ordinary or middle ranking soldiers. This unsatisfactory situation has been changed by the material excavated by the Syro-French Archaeological Mission in the Citadel of Damascus (under the supervision of Sophie Berthier and Edmond al-Ajji). Because it came from a properly identified, properly excavated context, the objects have also proved the existance of a previously almost unrecognized style of military equipment. This has in turn focussed attention upon other related finds, some of which were in danger of being dismissed as having neither historical interest nor antiquity. By excavating the material discussed in this book, Mme Berthier and her archaeological team have indeed « saved » other hoards, some already known, others yet to be uncovered.
Paru le : 13/05/2011
Thématique : Histoire générale Proche et Moyen Orient
Auteur(s) : Auteur : David Charles Nicolle
Éditeur(s) :
Presses de l'IFPO
Collection(s) : Institut français de Damas
Série(s) : Travaux et études de la mission archéologie syro-française : citadelle de Damas (1999-2006)
ISBN : 978-2-35159-045-4
EAN13 : 9782351590454
Reliure : Relié sous jaquette
Pages : 396
Hauteur: 29.0 cm / Largeur 21.0 cm
Poids: 1800 g
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