
TENT GALLERY--CLASSIC ARTWORK
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Western/European Tents
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9th
Century--UTRECHT PSALTER--documentation for geteld wedge tents

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11th Century--Byzantine?--Round
ornate with center poles and ropes from top of pole
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1225-1250--ROYAL ENCAMPMENT--Round
centerpole horizontal striped tents
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13th
? Century--CHANSON DE ROLAND--Either a round tent roof or cone tent, centerpole,
being raised
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13th ? Century--CHANSON
DE ROLAND--larger version of picture from above link
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13th Century--GREEK--centerpole
with large eagle finial, multi-tiered tents
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1320s--SIMONE
MARTINI--Detail from fresco Shows pavilions with guylines
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1350s--DREAM
OF CONSTANTINE--Italian, round, faded red roof, gold walls, no ropes
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1377--JEAN FROISSART'S
BATTLE OF DURAS--Round and walled tents, elaborate decoration
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14th
Century--Tall Wall tents and round pavilions with corner towers,gothic
arch decorations
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14th
Century--list of many different illustrations, with descriptions
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after
1328-15th Ct--DETAIL OF SIMONE MARTINI'S FRESCO--thatched leantos, striped
oval pavilions
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14th
Century--Grande Chronique de France--list of many different pictures
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14th Century--Chroniques
de St Denis--white round tent with blue painted arches and red/gold striped
roof
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14th
Century--SURRENDER OF ACRE--royal tent, no pole or ropes shown
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14th
Century--ASSASSINATION OF SIGIBERT I--possibly double poled oval, ridgepole
and two finials
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late
14th - ealry 15th Century?--one circular, three rectangular, decorated
white tents
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late
14th-early 15th?--ROMANCE OF ALEXANDER--round and rectangular nicely decorated
tents
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1420 CZECH/HUSSITE--Wagon
train, bell tents, pavilions, and conical tents
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15th
Century--From National Library of France--Round pavilions
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15th
Century--King Rene d'Anjou's Le Coueur Empris
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15th
Century--Jousts of Saint Inglevert--ornate arming pavilions
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Early 16th Century--Sketch
of camp of Henry VIII
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Early 16th Century--FIELD
OF GOLD--Henry VIII's camp
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Early 16th Century GERMAN--round
and oval tent--PROTRUDING DOORWAY--unusual
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1520--GERMAN--woodcut
showing round and oval pavilions
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16th Century--RUSSIAN--round
with panelled roof, ball at peak, light color
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17th Century Turkish--Photo
in Wawel Museum, Poland, elaborate two-pole tent with appliqued walls
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UNKNOWN--Shows set
up of conical tent
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UNKNOWN--ARMY
BREAKING CAMP--shows setup/teardown of ciruclar pavilions with separate
walls
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Stephen
Bloch's archive of tent documentation/illustrations--a must see!
Eastern and Middle Eastern
Tents
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1252-1284--Arab/Moorish
Tents--white with red peak and finial, red grommets
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13th C. TENTED ENCAMPMENT
OF JENGHIS KHAN--Shows non-ger and ger tents
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13th C--Ger of Jenghis
Khan--color picture of elaborate ger
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13th C. Tabriz miniature
showing bell tents and round pavilions
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1760--CHINESE--Freestanding
canopy at the Imperial palace
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UNKNOWN--Manuscript
showing yurts, with Japanese writing, unknown origin
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UNKNOWN--Persian painting,
purple cone-shaped awning with segmented centerpole and rainbow trim
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UNKNOWN--Asian (turban-wearing)--non-ger
yurt-shaped, wedge and cone tents, yurt with vertical khana
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UNKNOWN--Central Asia--flat-peaked
conical awning, with blue and red vine pattern and rainbow striped edge
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UNKNOWN--Islamic--elaborate
ger-shaped tents with guyropes, round pavilions with flat peaks
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UNKNOWN--Islamic--Two
white exterior/elaborate interior tents, walls pulled back, highly decorated
yurt
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UNKNOWN--Magyar--Round
with finial, decorated roof

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UNKNOWN--Mongol--round
yurt-shaped tent with guy ropes and smoke hole cover
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UNKNOWN--Mongol?--non-ger
tents, shows rope 'tunnels' in roof ,segmented centerpole, elaborate interior
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UNKNOWN--Onion dome,
flared wall round, yurt-shaped tents
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UNKNOWN--Islamic--square
tent, yurt-shaped with plain exterior/elab. interior, awning with striped
border
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UNKNOWN--Turkish?--flared
wall round tent, segmented roof with flat disk top
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UNKNOWN--Prob. 16th-17th
Ct Turkish--Interior of gorgeous appliqued tent
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UNKNOWN--probably
16th-17th CT Turkish--view looking upward at peak, appliqued tent interior
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