- Guillaume Caoursin: Obsidionis Rhodiae descriptio, 1496


Caoursin presenting his work to Grand Master d'Aubusson.

The Turks attack the tower of St. Nicholas.
The Turkish attack on St Nicholas Tower.

Siege of Rhodes.

The Knights' Mass during the earthquake of 1481.
The knights at Mass during the earthquake (1481).

The Death of Sultan Mohammed 2

Grandmaster d'Aubusson listens to Caoursin's peroration on the death of Sultan Mehmet 2.

Prince Djem, brother and rival of the Ottoman Sultan, arrives in Rhodes 1482.

Grandmaster d'Aubusson receives Prince Djem.
Grandmaster d'Aubusson entertains Prince Djem.

Caoursin at work.

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