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| 10th century. | Unknown tent design (possibly a bell tent). Circular apex with a yellow square at the centre, the guy ropes reach up to the circular apex but the roof line is not evident, the door way is rectangular in shape with the material bunched up at the sides and top, a confusion of lines can be seen passed Sarah into the interior of the tent, the guy ropes are tied to triangular pegs on both the left and right of the tent, three of the guy ropes are actually tied to the tree on the left. | “Prudentius, Psychomachia, Physiologus bound with other texts, 10th century, ...47ff., in Latin, caroline minuscule. Brussels, BRA (Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er) MS 10073-74. This manuscript may have been produced in the river Meuse area...The page reproduced are from the preface to the Psychomachia;...at the right, Sarah the wife of Abraham stands at the entrance to a tent, while Abraham receives from the angels the un-expected news of the birth of a son...” | Bologna, G., Illuminated Manuscripts, The Book before Gutenburg, London, 1988, p. 86-87. |
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