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| 1340 A.D. | Five bell tents, ball shaped apexes and multicoloured scalloped edging
around edge of the roof.
Red ball apexes, the first bell tent on the left and the third from the left have a thick brown band around the valance followed by alternative green then red scalloping, the other three bell tents have a dark blue band then a light blue band about the valance followed by alternate red then light blue scalloping, the second and the third bell tents from the left show a dark blue interior through their open doorways, all the bell tents show panel definition but no guy ropes or pegs. |
“The arming of a knight, illustrating Troy and the knight is Pyrrhus.”
Bibliothèque National, Paris.
"A knight is ritually dressed and armed for battle; a servant binds on his spurs, while another adjusts his sword." Giraudon, Paris “Illumination from Luttrell Psalter, c. 1340, MS. Additional 42130, folio 202, verso, British Museum, London.” |
Brooke, C. et al, The Flowering of the Middle Ages, London,
1985, p. 126.
Koch, H.W., Medieval Warfare, London, 1978, p. 66.
Hallam, E. (Ed), Chronicles of the Age of Chivalry, Tiger Books, London, 1995, p. 161. Fremantle, A., Age of Faith, USA, 1972, p. 104 - 105. |
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