A replica bell tent based on one of the bell tents from folio 3v of the Maciejowsky Bible, (1250 A.D.).

“Maciejowsky Bible, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, M 638. Folio 3v.

Cockerell, S.C., Old Testestament Miniatures A Medieval Picture Book with 283 Paintings From the Creation to the Story of David, London, 1969, p. 37. Plate 21. Genesis 14: 14 -15, Abramham rescues Lot.

Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 6.


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