| Date | Description | Source | Reference |
| Early 13th century. | A single conical tent, some green colouring on two of the panels, the panels are clearly defined, one member of the detail holds the pole upright, another drives in the hooked topped pegs in to hold the bottom edge, while another chap holds a rope connected to the tent’s apex. | “As a company of Crusader knights rides into camp, a work detail pitch
a tent in this illustration from an early 13th century French manuscript.
While the knights enjoyed the relative comfort of such tents, the common
soldiers often had to make do with shelters made from bushwood.”
“British Library, MS Landsdowne 782 fol. 34v-35.”
Scene from Chanson de Roland. British Library MS Lansdowne 782
f.34v.
|
Allan, T., Ed., The Divine Campaigns AD 1100 - 1200, USA, 1989,
p. 67.
Barber, R., The Reign of Chivalry, St Martin's Press, New York 1980, p. 61. |
Link to picture
http://www.currentmiddleages.org/tents/cone.htm
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