| Date | Description | Source | Reference |
| 15th century. | Three bell tents in the left background.
Dark blue bell tent, with gold apex decoration, lines of circles, horizontal lines and dots in gold decorate the roof, gold circles and bracketing decorate the valance, golden six fingered shapes decorate the walls. A small portion of a golden bell tent appears on the far left with little detail apparent. Red bell tent on the right, similar apex decoration as the blue bell tent, gold lines descend from the apex to the valance, an inscription in gold around the valance reads “R O D X L L”, the walls are decorated in multiples of a golden pattern made from three circles in a triangle with a stem issuing from the base of the triangle. |
“The pillage of Jerusalem by Christian Crusaders. Although engaged
in a holy war, they frequently looted...”
p. 391, “The sack of Jerusalem by Antiochus (Jean de Courcy, ‘La Bouquechardière’, French, 15th century, BN MS Fr. 20124, f. 331).” |
Hallam, E., Ed., Chronicles of the Crusades, Eyewitness Accounts of the Wares between Christianity and Islam, New Jersey, 1997, p. 58 - 59. |
Other works by Jean de Courcy;
Late 1470's (Jean de Courcy; ‘Chemin de Vaillance’)
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