Noble of the Barbary Coast by Cesare Vecellio in 'De gli habiti antichi, e moderni di diverse parti del mondo', 1590

Try Amazon Fresh

Noble of the Barbary Coast from
De gli habiti antichi, e moderni di diverse parti del mondo libri due,
fatti da Cesare Vecellio & con discorsi da lui dichiatati...
(Of Ancient and Modern Dress of Diverse Parts of the World in Two Books . . .)
by Cesare Vecellio, 1590

Noble of the Barbary Coast by Cesare Vecellio

Noble of the Barbary Coast by Cesare Vecellio

NOBILE DI BARBARIA
Noble of the Barbary Coast

Probably based on a Noble of the Barbary Coast in Habitus variarum orbis gentium. Habitz de nations estranges by Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1581
Back to African, Mamluk and Arabian Costume and Soldiers in De gli habiti antichi, e moderni di diverse parti del mondo libri due by Cesare Vecellio.

The Noble of Barbary is a Berber, the indigenous people of the area. Some Berbers were Christianized during the early Christian era, but were united under Islam after the Arab migration into the area.⁵²

⁵² Oliver and Atmore, 32; Vecellio, f. 437r.
Source: African Costume for Artists: The Woodcuts in Book X of Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, 1598 by Laura Renee Herrmann