Erhard Schoen, Siege of Betulia.
 
Date Description Source Reference
1533 A.D. Five bell tents and one pavilion on left side of wood cut. Most if not all apexes are ball shaped with pole and flag. The only guy rope attachment visible is on the bell tent in the foreground and uses a two point attachment. The pavilion has got some roof ridge decoration while some of the bell tents show some roof and roof edge decoration.  Erhard Schoen. G.1120; Rö.118, Siege of Betulia, 1533, Berlin. 

“Note the square formations of the Landsknechte with the frontline apparently cut down.” Germanische Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg.

Geisberg, M., The German Single-leaf Woodcut: 1500 - 1550, Volume 3, New York, 1974, p. 1068. 

Koch, H.W., Medieval Warfare, London, 1978, p. 188.

Other works by Erhard Schoen:
 

Siege of Vienna

Ravages of the Turks

War between Dogs, Cats, Mice and Rats

Army Train

Siege of Münster

Bird’s Eye view of Tunis

The Siege of Munster

Massacre of Lansquenents

Siege of Budapest


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