Date | Description | Source | Reference |
14th century. | White bell tent, apex cut of by border, panel definition on roof and walls (it can even be seen on the inside walls), gold valance decorated with circles, small triangles inside two parallel dark lines, the valance is also fringed in alternate colours (off white, blue and green), a red heraldic heater is drawn in red on either side of the door. | Lucan, ‘De bello civili’ (C14).
A full page illustration of Ceasar seated on the throne with the staff of command under a large lily decorated tent in the process of haranguing the army. p. 111. p.33. Vat Lat 1619, f. 1. |
Morello, G., Ed., Illustration, Ten centuries of illustration from the most precious medieval and Renaissance codices in existence, Rome, 1996, p. 33. |
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