Besieging a fortified city
 
Date Description Source Reference
Mid 15th century.  Four bell tents and one pavilion visible amongst the besieger’s encampment. All the tents are white in colour with blue decoration on roof and roof edge. The three bell tents in the rear (only the roofs are visible) have disc shaped apexes with poles atop the discs. “Besieging a fortified city (Swiss ms, mid-fifteenth century).” Bergerbibliothek, Bern.  Koch, H.W., Medieval Warfare, London, 1978, p. 223.


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