Media Contributed by Rick
Flag of Ayyubid The Ayyubid dynasty is often represented by the colour yellow. "The Ayyubids and Mamluks, who succeeded the Fatimids in Egypt and Syria, retained the association of yellow with the ruler. Salah al-Din (Saladin), the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, carried a yellow flag emblazoned with an eagle, supposedly inherited from the Zangid dynasty, whose protégé he had been." Jane Hathaway, A Tale of Two Factions: Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen
Al-Kamil cropped & retouched from Al-Kamil Muhammad al-Malik and Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor
Saint Francis of Assisi with the Sultan al-Kamil By Benozzo Gozzoli - 15 century painting
Saint Francis Abandons His Father Francis of Assisi breaking off his relationship with his father and renouncing his patrimony, laying aside publicly even the garments he had received from him.
Ordo Fratrum Minorum A cross, Christ's arm and Saint Francis's arm, a universal symbol of the Franciscans
Papal Tiara The papal tiara is a crown worn by popes of the Catholic Church from the 8th to the mid-20th century. Adorned with sapphires, rubies, emeralds and other gems. St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Pope Honorius III cropped from Honorius III Approving the Rule of St Dominic by Leandro Bassano, Oil on canvas from the first half of the 17th century.
Tomb of Frederick II Sarcophagus of Frederick II in the Cathedral of Palermo
The birth of Frederick II illustration in Giovanni Villani's Nuova Cronica, ca. 1348
