A few beautiful drawings by Italian artists from the 15th century of Ottoman/Byzantine people (and their sabres). Luckily in high resolution
. This kind of artwork really tickles my fancy
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1 - Sketches of the Emperor John VIII Palaeologus, a monk, and a sabre - by Pisanello in 1438:
Source:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/11356...rd?q=Pisanello
I highly recommend studying the high-resolution version in the link.
PS: There is also a depiction of a bow and quiver here (
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/11356...iver-of-arrows) and another depiction of John VIII Palaiologos (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F..._Pisanello.jpg). Although not really relevant to this discussion, still nice.