Under the Big Tent

[-JKP-]

I think it's quite possible that this is a tent, I always try to keep that possibility at the back of my mind...



I also think it might be a dome and the tracery is where it vaults down to the walls. I must have collected 800 or so pictures of domes looking for one that has these particular patterns but didn't score a bingo.


One detail that maybe makes a stronger argument for a tent is that wiggly line on the left. It could be a tent flap.


People were always on the move in the Middle Ages. When you read about the nobility, they were constantly on the road surveying their domains and putting in an appearance to continue to establish their property rights. Moving trunks were used as furniture when they were in one of their many residences, because it was a practical way to store things until the next move and to have them ready in case they had to flee an attack.