15th century. |
Five bell tents (yellow, green, red, brown and blue) all ball and flag
apex decoration. No ropes visible. Yellow; with red decoration flowers
on roof, Latin writing along roof edge (“QM?IS SPIRITVS LZVIS”) and across
wall. Green; gold dot decoration on roof and walls, gold zig zag and dots
on roof. Red; similar gold dots to green tent on roof. Brown; swirl, dot
and zig zag pattern on roof. |
“The capture of Ascalon, 1099 (Chroniques of d’ Outremer)”. Bibliothèque
National, Paris. |
Koch, H.W., Medieval Warfare, London, 1978, p. 2 & 3. |