‘Roman de Troie’, Spanish translation. Escorial, Royal Monastery
Date Description Source Reference
1350 A.D.  Eleven bell tents. 

Centre. Multi - tiered white bell tent, figurine of a bird with wings out stretched on apex, panel definition on roof and walls, scalloping above first valance with circular knob stick up at each side of the darker band valance, circle at top of door flap which extends to the first valance, pole can be seen through open door (two tones can be detected, could be pole join), second valance half way down tent similar to first valance but without scalloping, a third valance is just above ground level, the flaps are tucked into the second valance revealing the dark lining of the tent. 

The other ten bell tents vary in shade and roof colouring and decoration), five have similar bird figurines while the other four have apexes consisting of three balls of increasing sizes on the top of each other. 

Greek Council of War. Benoît de Ste.- Maure, ‘Roman de Troie’, Spanish translation. Escorial, Royal Monastery, h.I.6, fol. 32v. Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 15c. 

Link to picture

http://www.currentmiddleages.org/tents/
greek.htm
 

1350 A.D. Two bell tents. 

Front bell tent, white, dark ball apex, two tiered roof with the second tier at a steeper angle than the top tier, thin dark lines around roof, alternate dots in section of the top tier, three lobed shapes at the terminus of each top tier panel, diamond shape with four protrusions decorate a row at the top and bottom of the second tier of the roof, the walls show panel definition and the effects of bottom edge pegging. 

Rear bell tent, ball apex, panel definition, multiple lines and bands across roof in different shades. 

Battle Scenes. Benoît de Ste.- Maure, ‘Roman de Troie’, Spanish translation. Escorial, Royal Monastery, h.I.g, fol. 70.  Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 10.

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