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BYZANTINE “ ΙΠΠΑΓΩΓΟ” (HORSE CARRIER) SHIP-960 AD…

Comissioned artwork and research : Created March 2016 and published in Focus Wars magazine (Italy, spin off of Italian Focus). Two possible variations of the modified sea vessels that were used from Byzantine Empire to transport armored horses and riders to the beaches of northern Crete, 10th century AD: In the foreground the fully armored riders are coming out of the transport vessel, through a bi-fold gate which is part of the ship’s hull. A wooden rampart has been pushed out by the sailors and is used as a draw bridge. A wooden platform above the exit point would be used from archers to offer cover fire for the exposed riders.

In the upper right part of the illustration, we see a different variation of the exit gate, wide enough for three horses. This time the wooden rampart and the single piece wooden gate are "unified" and supported by a mechanism with iron chains. Such ships were “floating stables”, with rounded hulls, flat bottoms and many provision storage rooms.

Notice: The illustration is based in 3dmodel of the vessel and the perspective view creates the impression of a much larger structure. The whole vessel was built (both as starting 3d model and as Illustration) having as measure the Byzantine horses of the Andravida race.

Historical research-construction proposal and illustration : Christos Giannopoulos (Copyright 2016)

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BYZANTINE “ ΙΠΠΑΓΩΓΟ” (HORSE CARRIER) SHIP-960 AD…

Comissioned artwork and research : Created March 2016 and published in Focus Wars magazine (Italy, spin off of Italian Focus). Two possible variations of the modified sea vessels that were used from Byzantine Empire to transport armored horses and riders to the beaches of northern Crete, 10th century AD: In the foreground the fully armored riders are coming out of the transport vessel, through a bi-fold gate which is part of the ship’s hull. A wooden rampart has been pushed out by the sailors and is used as a draw bridge. A wooden platform above the exit point would be used from archers to offer cover fire for the exposed riders.

In the upper right part of the illustration, we see a different variation of the exit gate, wide enough for three horses. This time the wooden rampart and the single piece wooden gate are "unified" and supported by a mechanism with iron chains. Such ships were “floating stables”, with rounded hulls, flat bottoms and many provision storage rooms.

Notice: The illustration is based in 3dmodel of the vessel and the perspective view creates the impression of a much larger structure. The whole vessel was built (both as starting 3d model and as Illustration) having as measure the Byzantine horses of the Andravida race.

Historical research-construction proposal and illustration : Christos Giannopoulos (Copyright 2016)