Foreground. 

White bell tent, gold square banner, gold oval apex, blue decoration on roof, red decoration on overlapping valance, three point guy rope (blue) attachment, plain walls. 

Pink bell tent, gold square banner, gold oval apex, four red rings about roof near apex, red vertical lines spaced out around valance, three point guy rope (red) attachment. 

Large gold bell tent, gold square banner (possibly with a red dragon), gold roundish apex, black line decoration on roof, red vertical lines spaced out around valance, thick dark line around bottom edge of valance, three point guy rope (black) attachment, dark purplish/blue interior lining. 

Dark purplish/blue bell tent, gold square banner, gold oval apex and apron, gold tendril decoration around valance, three point guy rope (gold) attachment. 

Two white bell tents, similar to the first mentioned tent, except the second tent has a white square banner. 

White pavilion, white square banners, gold spikes, dark blue decoration on roof. 

White bell tent, yellow square banner, gold oval apex and cone, valance hangs over wall, three point guy rope (red) attachment. 

Green bell tent, white square banner, gold oval apex and cone, three point guy rope (blue) attachment. 

Light pink bell tent, white square banner, gold oval apex and cone, red vertical lines spaced out around valance. 

Left middle ground. 

The four bell tents occupying the left middle ground range in colour from; pink, white, green and light pink. All are similar in construction to those in the foreground.

“Constantinople, 1453.” Bibliothèque National, Paris, MS fr. 9087, f. 207v. 

“The Siege of Constantinople, 1453.” Bibliothèque National, Paris.

Bradbury, J., The Medieval Siege, Great Britain, 1992, p. 221. 

Koch, H.W., Medieval Warfare, London, 1978, p. 214. 

Billings, M., The Crusades, Five Centuries of Holy Wars, New York, 1996, p. 132.