Under the Big Tent

[MarcoP]

In my blog, I also paid attention to this fringe, maybe this is the place for lacing the dome for ease of transportation and rapid assembly (disassembly). In addition, the uneven distribution of the dome attachment points around the circumference may indicate the concave nature of the dome and the fact that it has a downward inclination of the figure. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Russian to English google translate is far from perfect, but Wladimir's blog includes several self-explaining illustrations.

From what I understand, he agrees that these are cloth structures, but his idea is that they are water-collecting devices, rather than proper tents. This applies both to the circular / conical "tents" and to the two rectangular "baldachins".


As also suggested by JKP, he interprets "the wiggly line" in the South Rosette as some kind of lacing.