ARE YOUR READY?

1

LOYALTY

PLACE TOKEN

DEFENSE

PLACE TOKEN

COURAGE

PLACE TOKEN

FIGHTING

PLACE TOKEN

FALCON

PLACE TOKEN

HORSE

PLACE TOKEN

LET’S RIDE!

JOURNEY COMPLETE!

Our journey begins with the

brave knight we see on this

bowl. He is holding a sword

with one hand and the simple

horse reins with other.

This figure is an ancient

royal symbol.

Compare the armours in

the exhibition to what

this Persian knight and his

horse are wearing.

What is different and why?

This is a funerary plaque showing a famous

medieval knight: Geoffrey Plantagenet. It shows

him wearing his helmet, holding his sword

and a blue shield adorned with a coat of arms

composed of lions. This is how he wanted the

world to remember him: a loyal knight!

Look closer at the lions in the coat of arms.

They symbolize loyalty and strength. The

coat of arms helped distinguish knights in

armies during battles.

Which symbol or animal would you choose for

your coat of arms? Why?

The shape of this helmet resembles

an Islamic turban. The prayers

written around it in Arabic show

the spiritual connection between

the knight and his god. Therefore,

the helmet provides protection for

the body and the soul.

This object shows how knights

are also known for their morals

and values.

Which words would you choose for

your helmet?

This sword belonged to a Duke of

Milan and has a decorative emblem

on the blade pointing towards its

head. Not only is it a weapon, it is

also a symbol of power and strength.

Traditionally knights would give

their swords a name to reflect

the qualities of the knight who

owned and deserved it.

What name would you choose for

your sword?

In this tapestry, we see a knight during a

hunt with a falcon on his hand. It highlights

the knight’s abilities in training a bird of prey.

Falconry is still considered an important sport.

Princes around the world had to learn

different activities such as calligraphy,

archery, polo and chess. These activities

helped them gain knightly skills

and values to prepare them for battle.

Which of these activities would you like

to learn and why?

Through peace and war, a knight

and his horse became great companions.

Muslim knights cared greatly for their horses,

and created exquisite harnessing such as this

one. This harnessing was commonly found

on Arabian and Ottoman horses, and was

admired by western knights.

Arabs gave their horses names reflecting

stages of a horse’s life, its voice and

ways of walking and running.

What would you name your horse?

Funerary Plaque of Geoffrey Plantagenet Bowl with HorsemanTurban Helmet

TOOLS

COURAGE

VALUES

DEFENCE FALCON

SKILLS

FURUSIYYA TOKENS

THE LEAGUE OF

LOYALTY FIGHTING HORSE

4 5 6

12

Sword of a Duke of Milan Tapestry: Setting off for the Hunt Mamluk Harness

3

PLAY THE GAME AND COLLECT THE VALUES, SKILLS AND TOOLS TO BECOME A KNIGHT

1. Follow the riders along the path

2. Discover all six objects to obtain the Furusiyya tokens.

3. Place all six tokens on the path to join the League of Furusiyya.

AHLAN AND WELCOME!Furusiyya is an Arabic word for chivalry, and it comes from faris: A riding knight.

In order to become a faris or farisa, you would have to learn important values and develop key skills from childhood until eventually becoming a knight in armour.

(1) B

owl w

ith h

orse

man

, Ira

n, 1

0th

– 11

th ce

ntur

y,

Mus

ée d

u Lo

uvre

© M

usée

du

Louv

re, D

ist. R

MN

-G

rand

Pal

ais /

Hug

hes D

uboi

s

Rom

an

calli

grap

hy:

Gra

phic

a /

calli

grap

hy

Sand

ie L

echa

ix

(3) T

urba

n H

elm

et, T

urke

y, 1

450-

1500

, Lou

vre

Abu

D

habi

© L

ouvr

e A

bu D

habi

201

7(5

) Se

ttin

g of

f fo

r th

e H

unt,

Tod

ay’s

Belg

ium

, 15

10-1

520,

Mus

ée d

e Cl

uny,

© R

MN

-Gra

nd P

alai

s (M

usée

de

Clun

y –

Mus

ée N

atio

nal d

u M

oyen

Âge

) / F

ranc

k Ra

ux

(6)

Mam

luk

harn

ess

and

capa

rison

, O

ttom

an

Empi

re,

late

18

th

cent

ury,

M

usée

du

Lo

uvre

, pr

oven

ance

Mus

ée d

es S

ouve

rain

s on

loan

at

the

Mus

ée d

e l’A

rmée

© P

aris

– m

usée

de

l’Arm

ée,

Dist

. RM

N-G

rand

Pal

ais /

Pas

cal S

egre

tte

(4) S

wor

d of

a d

uke

of M

ilan,

Ital

y, se

cond

hal

f of

15t

h ce

ntur

y, M

usée

de

Clun

y ©

RM

N-G

rand

Pa

lais

(Mus

ée d

e Cl

uny

- Mus

ée N

atio

nal d

u M

oyen

Âge

) / Je

an-G

illes

Ber

izzi

(2)

Fune

rary

re

pres

enta

tion

of

G

eoff

rey

Plan

tage

net

from

his

tom

b in

the

cat

hedr

al o

f Le

Man

s, F

ranc

e, sh

ortly

aft

er 1

151,

Mus

ée Je

an-

Clau

de B

oula

rd ©

City

of L

e M

ans

Ara

bic

calli

grap

hy:

Gra

phic

a /

calli

grap

hy

Mon

tass

er D

rissi

YOUR

COA

T OF

ARM

S

YOUR

LEG

ACY

YOUR

EXP

EDIT

ION

The

Art

of

Ch

ilva

lry

b

etw

een

Eas

t an

d W

est

YOUN

G VI

SITO

RS’ G

UIDE

MAB

ROOK

AND

CON

GRAT

ULAT

IONS

! YO

U HA

VE G

AINE

D TH

E TO

OLS,

SK

ILLS

AND

VAL

UES

YOU

NEED

TO

JOIN

THE

LEA

GUE

OF F

URUS

IYYA

.

Wh

ich

ski

lls, t

oo

ls, a

nd

val

ues

re

flec

t th

e fa

ris

or

fari

sa in

yo

u?

Plac

e yo

ur

favo

rite

to

ken

s o

n

you

r sh

ield

.

Ho

w d

o y

ou

wan

t th

e w

orl

d

to r

emem

ber

yo

u?

Wri

te y

ou

r th

ou

gh

ts i

nsi

de

the

fig

ure

of

the

ho

rse.

Take

a p

enci

l an

d a

dd

d

etai

ls t

o y

ou

r h

ors

e an

d a

nd

p

ictu

re y

ou

rsel

f as

a k

nig

ht.

Imag

ine

ho

w y

ou

are

dre

ssed

, h

ow

yo

ur

ho

rse

loo

ks,

and

w

hat

su

rro

un

ds

you

.

TOOL

S

COUR

AGEVALU

ES

DEFE

NCE

FALC

ON

SKIL

LS

FURU

SIYY

A TO

KENS

LOYA

LTY

FIGH

TING

HORS

E

YOUNG VISITORS’ GUIDE

The Art of Chilvalry between East and West