Piero Della Francesca, the Vision of Constantine from the legend of the True Cross
Date Description Source Reference
1454 - 1458 A.D. Five bell tents with four of the five in the back ground with only their un-adorned roofs showing. 

Front bell tent, no apex decoration or guy ropes showing, roof edge overlaps wall top, the open door flap reveals a very thick pole.

 “Piero Della Francesca,...the Vision of Constantine (right) from the legend of the True Cross. c. 1454 - 58, Frescoes. S. Francesco, Arezzo.” Hartt, F., The History of Italian Renaissance Art, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, 4th Edition, New York, 1994, p. 284.

See Justinus, “Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi

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