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| Date | Description | Source | Reference |
| 1400 A.D. | Single white and off white bell tent, ball apex with an apron, roof panels defined, the roof has a very broad profile, white circles encompass the valance, singe roof edge guy ropes are present but the pegs are not evident, the open flaps reveal no change in material colour. | “118. ‘Grandes de Chroniques de France, - Angels prepare to carry St.
Louis IX up to heaven, France, Paris, c. 1400, Sloane MS 2433 C. f. 7b”
British Library.
“Composed at the end of the 14th century, the ‘Grandes Chroniques’ covers the history of France from the beginnings to the early part of the reign of Charles VI...” |
Backhouse, J., The Illuminated Page, Ten centuries of manuscript painting in the British Library, London, 1997, p. 137, Figure 118. |
| 14th century. | One white pavilion, a white ball apex at each end of the pavilion’s roof, white half circles along the roof ridge on blue background, below the roof ridge then are a horizontal red line, then a blue line then finally a red line, the interior is black as pitch revealed by the wide open flaps showing the full extent of the interior. | “Assassination of Sigibert I, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, FR 2813, fol. 33v, ‘Grandes Chroniques de France’, France, Paris, 14th century.” | http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manuscrits
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| Probably a white conical tent, the open flaps show what appears to be five wooden struts meeting near the tent apex. | “Louis the Pious driving away his son Pepin I, King of Aquitane. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, FR 2813, fol. 140v, ‘Grandes Chroniques de France’, France, Paris, 14th century.” | http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manuscrits
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| A royal blue bell tent, decorated with golden ‘fluer de lis’, the white interior fabric is revealed because the door flaps are held wide by a pole on either side of the door, the poles holding the door flaps are very similar to the main pole, no guy ropes or pegs evident. | “Charles the Fat receiving messengers. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, FR 2813, fol. 164v, ‘Grandes Chroniques de France’, France, Paris, 14th century.” | http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manuscrits
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| A royal blue bell tent, decorated with golden ‘fluer de lis’, gold circle at apex, door flaps are held open by ‘flap hooks’ on either side of the door, revealing a pink interior, no pole, no guy ropes or pegs evident. | “Third Crusade, Surrender of Acre to Phillip Augustus and Richard the Lion-Hearted, king of England (1191). Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, FR 2813, fol. 238v, ‘Grandes Chroniques de France’, France, Paris, 14th century.” | http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manuscrits
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