The Tents of History

Part 15. Tent Type Index

Edited by Stephen Francis Wyley

 Cone

9th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th

9th century

820 A.D. (The Utrecht Psalter)
9th century (Ashburnham Pentateuch)

11th century

 11th century A.D. (The Harley Psalter)

12th century

1155 - 1160 A.D. (The Eadwine Psalter)

13th century

 13th century (Chanson de Roland) Link to picture
13th century (The Encampment of Jenghis Khan) Link to picture

14th century

1370 A.D. (Hanging scene, Hazine 2153)

15th century

About 1475 A.D.(The wagenburg of the Hussite Wars from Das Mittelateriche Hausbuch)Link to picture

16th century

1529 A.D. (Hans Sebald Beham, The Siege of Vienna)
1535 A.D. (Melchior Feselen, The Siege of Alesia)
1536 A.D. (Erhard Schoen, The Siege of Munster)
1541 A.D. (Erhard Schoen, Siege of Budapest)
1542 A.D. (Lucas Cranach, The Younger, The Siege of Wolfenbüttel)
1549 A.D. (Hans Mielich, Encampment at Ingolstadt)
Mid 16th century (The Life of Desert Nomads - Persian)
1566 A.D. (Soltan Bayazid b. Mir Nezam Bokhara, Camp Scene)
1575 A.D. (Dastani-i Amir Hamza (Hamza-nameh), Assad ibn Kariba attacks the army of Iraj at night)
1578 A.D. (Muhammadi, ‘Life in the Country’)
 16th century (Jost Amman, The Vereidigung (The Oath Taking))

17th century

1650 A.D. (Payne Fisher, Battle of Dunbar)

18th century

Unknowns

16th century ? (artillery emplacement)

Under Investigation


9th - 11th century The Prudentis at Corpus Christi College (MS 23 pt1)
The Prudentis among the British Library (Additional MS 24199)
15th century Italian treatise on Military Engineering, 'De Machinis' by Paolo Santini (Lat. MS. 7229, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, (13v-14r) http://www.adelphi.edu/~sbloch/ma/
tents/pictures/de.machinis.html

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