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Thursday, November 03, 2016
A little dose of Byzantium.
A Byzantine fresco of Joshua, the Hosias Loukas Monastery, Greece. Dated to the late 12th-early 13th Century.
If you want an idea of what a contemporary Byzantine army officer looked like, right down to the lamellar armor and sword, there you go.
As always, give it a click for more detail.
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