Master C.S. , The Siege of Metz.
 
Date Description Source Reference
1552 A.D. Two bell tents, eleven pavilions, thirty nine wedge tents, and twenty six stalls left of Metz. 

A myriad of tents in the various encampments, the stalls along the road add an unique prospective in tent design. The prolific number of wedge tents and the lack of bell tents is significant. Note the use of turf or grass as a roofing materials on a number of abodes. 

Four bell tents, one pavilion and thirty eight wedge tents above Metz. 

Two bell tents, three pavilions, eighteen wedge tents, one cone tent and one wall tent to the right of Metz.

Master C.S. , Active circa, 1548 - 1579.
No. 2. The Siege of Metz 1552. Water mark; Gothic P. The initials CS appear on the roof of a tent near the left margin. Brunswick.
Strauss, W.L., The German Single-leaf Woodcut 1550 - 1600, Volume 3, New York, 1975, p. 1227-1229.


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