Hans (Leonhard) Schäufelein, The Battle of Betulia.
Date Description Source Reference
1530 A.D. Block 3. One pavilion and five bell tents. 

Pavilion, two tailed banners, ball apex with mid line, a top a rod, scalloped roof ridge decoration, line decoration on roof, cross hatched valance with a cord hanging down in shallow loops and at each join to the valance hangs a tuft decoration, the flaps are open forming a horizontal line along the roof edge, a curtain can be seen behind the decapited man’s bed. 

Only parts of the bell tents are revealed; spike or ball apex. The bell tent on the right shows a ring attaching the guy rope to the roof edge. 

Block 4. Six bell tents and one pavilion. 

Bell tent with annex, two tailed banner, ball on a spike, swirl decoration descends from the apex, annex extends out from half way down main roof, the annex has a similar apex to the main one, sculloping with a dot, heraldic device of a scorpion on front, fringe around bell tent and annex valance, loops with tufts are suspended under valance of annex. 

A bell tent on the left shows rings at the terminus of each roof panel.

Hans (Leonhard) Schäufelein c. 1480 - 1540. G.1021 - 24; Pass.137. The Battle of Betulia, c. 1530, Berlin. Printed in four blocks. Geisberg, M., The German Single-leaf Woodcut: 1500 - 1550, Volume 3, New York, 1974, p. 974 - 975.

Other works by Hans (Leonhard) Schäufelein:

The Battle of Pavia

Battle with the Turks


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