Warrior with Pigeons
Sculpture of El Cid at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, by Anna Hyatt Huntington.
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1043 – July 10, 1099), known as El Cid Campeador (“The lord-master of military arts”), was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat. Exiled from the court of the Spanish Emperor Alfonso VI of León and Castile, El Cid went on to command a Moorish force consisting of Muladis, Berbers, Arabs and Malians, under Yusuf al-Mu’taman ibn Hud, Moorish king of the northeast Al-Andalus city of Zaragoza, and his successor, Al-Mustain II.
I don't know what either El Cid or Anna Hyatt Huntington would have thought of the pigeons on El Cid's spear and head.
Hope everyone has a good Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments.
© Melissa Post 2015.
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Warrior with Pigeons
Sculpture of El Cid at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, by Anna Hyatt Huntington.
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1043 – July 10, 1099), known as El Cid Campeador (“The lord-master of military arts”), was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat. Exiled from the court of the Spanish Emperor Alfonso VI of León and Castile, El Cid went on to command a Moorish force consisting of Muladis, Berbers, Arabs and Malians, under Yusuf al-Mu’taman ibn Hud, Moorish king of the northeast Al-Andalus city of Zaragoza, and his successor, Al-Mustain II.
I don't know what either El Cid or Anna Hyatt Huntington would have thought of the pigeons on El Cid's spear and head.
Hope everyone has a good Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments.
© Melissa Post 2015.
All rights reserved. Please respect my copyright and do not copy, modify or download this image to blogs or other websites without obtaining my explicit written permission.