Furusiyya: The Art of Chivalry Between East and West

The exhibition explores the ancient roots of chivalry as well as the role of a knight in combat and the different chivalric codes that developed around the world, from Iraq and Syria in the East, to France and Spain in the West. Through over 130 rare artworks from the 10th to the beginning of the 16th centuries, including spectacular arms, armour, and rare manuscripts, visitors discover how some of these practices and the knightly spirit became a past time, and how some of them continue around the world to this day.