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This is really a place holder in lieu of a real article. What follows is a brain dump of references related to the class. I will follow up at a later date with a proper introduction and outline.
Class handouts:
Below is from an email I sent to someone with some relevant links.
Look at photo # 7 here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8210461.stm
This is the book I got much of the information from.
"The Coins of Mongol Empire and Clan Tamgha of Khans (XIII-XIV)" by Badarch Nyamaa. I’ve heard if you contact the author, he’s willing to sell period coins.
The flags I got from a few sources.
18 Song of a Nomad Flute:
http://www.silkqin.com/04qart/07sqmp/47dhj.htm
(Scene 14 is the one I passed around, but the other scenes show some banners in other contexts. This is also the only documentation I know of for sheet walls around an encampment)
Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan
http://www.bowdoin.edu/mongol-scrolls/
(A few excellent pictures of different flags, and even one boat with tamghas on their shields. Other juicy bits in here too like military formations with Korea foot soldiers doing a shield wall with scutum shields, gongs and drums on the battlefield, Mongol hair styles, cannon balls...)
The Ship picture I passed around was from:
http://www.archaeology.org/0301/etc/kamikaze.html
The long thinner triangle banner I got from a period picture by Rashid Al Din, but I don’t have a reference handy.
*** found the reference: cavalry_large.jpg - Looks like a tamgha in the middle of it, hard to tell for certain. ***
The five colors representing directions I got from an unpublished paper from a lecture I attended. I should dig out a copy and ask the author if I can put it online.
© 2009 by Luigi Kapaj, in the SCA: Gülügjab Tangghudai (Puppy)
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