Date | Description | Source | Reference |
1567 A.D. | A line drawing of a besieger’s encampment encircling a city. Twenty six bell tents, nine of which have domed roofs, some roof decoration can be discerned on some of the bell tents. Twenty pavilions, two of which appear to have central flag pole which may indicate the pavilion has three poles, some the pavilions have roof decoration. Some of the tents have ball apexes and pennon flying. | “The siege of Gotta, 1567.” Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg. | Koch, H.W., Medieval Warfare, London, 1978, p. 226 - 227. |
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