Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’
 
Date Description Source Reference
1350’s  Six bell tents. 

White bell tent, three lobed apex, darker band about roof outlined in white lines. 

Two of the tents on either side of above mentioned tent have dark interiors, one of the tents on the right shows a tent flap hook. 

The other tents are similar to the first, however, they either have pointed apexes and maybe two have small ball apexes.

 Ambassadors report to Agamemnon. Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 17805 (Vitr. 21-5), Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 64v. Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 29c.
1350’s Bottom portion, three bell tents. 

White bell tent, three lobed apex, dark band about roof, pole, tent flap hooks, interior lining decorated (cross hatched pattern on darker material, in each diamond are four white dots also arranged in the shape of a diamond. 

Only the roofs of the other bell tents are visible, ball apexes and the band about the roof.

 The first sack of Troy. Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 17805 (Vitr. 21-5), Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 25v. Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 37a.
1350’s  Five white bell tents, ball apexes and aprons, darker band around roof, pole, tent flap hooks, and dark interior of front tent. Priam told of the destruction of Troy. Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 17805 (Vitr. 21-5), Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 28. Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 48a.
1350’s White bell tents, small ball apex and apron, dark band about roof, dark pole, tent flap hook, cross - hatched pattern on interior wall with a dark four lobed design in each diamond with a central light dot. Agamemnon instructs his abassadors. Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 17805 (Vitr. 21-5), Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 61v.  Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 41b.
 1350’s  White bell tent, multi-lobed apex with an apron of multiple horizontal stripes in alternating different shades, door flap hooks hold them open wide. Briseis and Calchas re-united. Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 17805 (Vitr. 21-5), Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 91v.  Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 19b.
1350’s Three bell tents. 

Mid shade bell tent, apex is three lobed, dark with three white dots, dark apron, dark band with lines in light shade, pole, tent flap hook on left, darker interior. 

The other two bell tents are of a light shade with dark ball apexes, no pole but tent flaps are held wide open.

 Achilles sends a messenger to Hecuba. Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 17805 (Vitr. 21-5), Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 102v.  Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 29d.
1350’s  White bell tent, three lobed apex, dark band about roof near apex, pole, tent flap hooks, dark interior. 

Scene similar to ivory from Delort p. 211.

 Agamemnon’s messenger’s find Achilles. Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 17805 (Vitr. 21-5), Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 107. Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 33d.3
1350’s  Four bell tents. 

Mid shade bell tent, five lobed apex and apron, dark band around roof, pole, darker interior, tent flop hooks. 

The two white bell tents are similar, dark ball apex, dark band about roof with white dots, dark interior, tent flap hooks, pole visible in tent on right. 

The fourth tent is a dark bell tent, dark ball apex, dark band about roof.

 Agamemnon in council. Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 17805 (Vitr. 21-5), Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 98v.  Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 32e. 
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