Date | Description | Source | Reference |
Late Medieval? | Four white bell tents and one white pavilion in left background, no decoration visible. | “An imaginative reconstruction of the siege of Damascus, including canon! Note the French forces in the foreground left and the banner of the Germans who were also taking part in the disastrous Second Crusade. (From a late Medieval manuscript in the British Library).” | Billings, M., The Crusades, Five Centuries of Holy Wars, New York, 1996, p. 92. |
Similar artistry to:
15th century (A fifteenth century impression of siege warfare in the Holy Land)
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