Illustration from
Breydenbach's Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam, 1486
p34 Bernhard von Breydenbach and his journey to the Holy Land 1483-4 : a bibliography (1911)
by Hugh Davies
Saracens of Damascus
Sarraceni, (Mainz: Erhard Reuwich, 1486)
Erhard Reuwich accompanied Breydenbach and printed his depictions of the cities they visited and images of the people who lived in them alongside Breydenbach’s texts when they returned to Europe.
Source: p31 African Costume for Artists: The Woodcuts in Book X of "Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, 1598" by Laura Renee Herrmann
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