Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’
Date Description Source Reference
About 1370 A.D. Dark bell tent, light ball apex with vertical mid line, white scalloped line above white valance, straight topped door with white outline.  Ambassadors report to Agamemnon. Genèva - Cologny, Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 35v. Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 29a.
About 1370 A.D.  Four dark bell tents typical of the Guido MS, front and second bell tents have three lobed decoration to the tops of the scalloping, the valances are outlined in white lines. Achilles sends a messenger to Hecuba. Genèva - Cologny, Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 59v.  Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 29b.
About 1370 A.D. Seven bell tents. 

Ball apexes with multiple vertical lines, varying in shade, straight topped door, outline valances, the front tent shows white line decoration on the inside of the back wall. 

The other bell tents are similar to those found elsewhere in the Guido MS. 

 Achilles challenges Hector. Genèva - Cologny, Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 51v. Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 45b.
About 1370 A.D.  Four bell tents. 

Dark bell tent, white ball apex with multiple vertical lines, a pattern of six dots in a circle with a dot in the centre is repeated over the roof and walls, valance outlined in white lines and dashes of white, straight topped door, outlined in thin white lines. 

The other tents vary in shade but are of a similar construction. 

 Agamemnon in Council. Genèva - Cologny, Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’, fol. 56v.  Buchthal, H., Historia Troiana, Studies in the History of Medieval Secular Illustration, London, 1971, Plate 32c. 

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