| Date | Description | Source | Reference |
| 1490 A.D. | One pavilion and twenty three bell tents (with ball apexes) can be
seen in the Turkish encampment.
The red pavilion has a much decorated two tiered roof with gold crosses (on the apex and the second tier) and a white shield showing a blue upwardly pointing crescent, the lower roof edge shows a fine green/gold fringe, there is also an inscription on the roof “BA” on the left side of the shield and “CHA” on the right, green lining. The largest bell tent is dark in shade, has the swirl decoration hanging down from the apex, dot decoration on the roof and a decorated roof edge. All the other bell tents are light in shade and have the upward pointed crescent on their roof. |
“The siege of Rhodes, 1480, Bibliothèque National, Paris, MS
lat. 6067, f. 55v.”
According to Bradbury in “The Medieval Archer” it is the “Siege of Rhodes, 1480 from Descriptio Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis, by Guillaume Caoursin, c. 1490. Bibliothèque National, Paris, MS lat. 6067, f. 55v.” |
Bradbury, J., The Medieval Siege, Great Britain, 1992, p. 233.
Bradbury, J., The Medieval Archer, Great Britain, 1985, p. 147. Hallam, E., Ed., Chronicles of the Crusades, Eyewitness Accounts of the Wares between Christianity and Islam, New Jersey, 1997, p. 338 - 339. |
See also;
1480 A.D. (The Turks, having landed on Rhodes, attack from land and sea)
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