1480s

Bible of Matthias Corvinus (King of Hungry)

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Reference

1480’s

Fifteen bell tents, almost cone shaped, eight white, three gold, two red and two grey.

Very little other detail visible.

Plate 4. Bible of Matthias Corvinus (King of Hungry) fol. 1v, ‘King David in Prayer”.

p. 35. III Bible of Matthias Corvinus, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15, 17.

Alexander, J.J.G., Italian Renaissance Illustrations, London, 1977, p. 48.

D’Ancona P. & Aeshlimann, E., The Art of Illumination, An Anthology of Manuscripts from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Century, London, 1969, p. 127.

Right Middle ground.

Twenty bell tents.

Red bell tent, gold pointed apex, gold inscription across middle of roof “MUST” (?), gold valance with scalloping, white door flap edging with gold border and possibly another inscription running down the edging, gold inscription on either side of the door (left ‘FILI’, right ‘STE’).

Eleven white bell tents are spread throughout the encampment.

The other tents are; a blue bell tent with a gold apex, a red bell tent with a white roof, a white bell tent with a gold apex, a blue bell tent and two gold tents up the back.

Plate5. Bible of Matthias Corvinus (King of Hungry) fol. 2r, ‘Opening of the Psalter”.

p. 35. III Bible of Matthias Corvinus, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15, 17.

Alexander, J.J.G., Italian Renaissance Illustrations, London, 1977, p. 49.

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