Erhard Schoen, The Siege of Munster.
Date Description Source Reference
1536 A.D. G.1261. Two-pole pavilion, small ball terminals (one cones) with small swallow-tail pennons. A rope is visible attached to the pole at the roof line. 

G. 1263. One pavilion and one bell tent. 

Pavilion, banners, oval apex with mid line, half cone with dots and ring for apex guy rope attachment, pointed scalloping along roof ridge, panel definition on roof and walls, fringed scalloping along valance, two point guy rope attachment, pegs with hooked tops. 

Bell tent, banner, squat oval apex and cone, on top of large dotted cone with two rings on either side for apex guy rope attachment, panel definition on roof and walls. 

G.1264. Three bell tents (could be cone tents). 

Bell tent, complicated apex (squat oval on inverted cone, striped cylinder on a dotted cone), panel definition. 

Bell tent, ball apex, small cone, on a larger dotted cone. 

Bell tent (?), large circular dotted apex with billowing clouds coming out the top, under the circular apex is some scalloping.

Woodcut: Erhard Schoen, The Siege of Munster (detail). 

Erhard Schoen. G.1258 - 1264; Pauli 1454; Rö.249, Siege of Münster, (date ?), Berlin. Printed from seven blocks.

Konstam, A., Pavia 1525, Reed Books, 1996, p. 23. 

Geisberg, M., The German Single-leaf Woodcut: 1500 - 1550, Volume 4, New York, 1974, p. 1210 - 1213.

Other works by Erhard Schoen:

Siege of Vienna

Ravages of the Turks

Siege of Betulia

War between Dogs, Cats, Mice and Rats

Army Train

Siege of Münster

Bird’s Eye view of Tunis

Massacre of Lansquenents

Siege of Budapest


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