Under the Big Tent

Index
Under the Big Tent
RE: Under the Big Tent

-JKP- > 21-10-2019, 08:14 PM

Pinterest drives me nuts. It makes it more difficult to find original sources.

But for your illustration, Bible Krále Václava IV.

The attribution, along with some good examples, can be found here:

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Check out the one decorated with pseudo-text:
RE: Under the Big Tent

-JKP- > 01-01-2020, 10:43 PM

So I mentioned that the zig-zag on Rotum 8 might be a tent flap and then it occurred to me later that the funny cross-over on Rotum2 might be interpreted the same way.

For a long time I wondered if the triangular lines might be winds (with the twelfth one hidden under the dotted texture, except that there's room for 13, so it doesn't quite work) or maybe spouts of water (some fountains have gargoyles around the edges facing in every direction), or perhaps a water wheel, but tent ropes seem to work better with the other elements in the drawing if that double line is a tent flap:

[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif] . [/font]
RE: Under the Big Tent

-JKP- > 01-01-2020, 11:10 PM

I forgot to mention... about 90% of the time, the Middle Eastern tents had flat tops, inverted-bowl-shaped tops, or open tops.

Most of the tents with narrow tall finials are western. There is a manuscript of the Trojan war that has tents with long tall finials, but it is a western manuscript (ÖNB Cod. 2773):
Next Oldest Next Newest

Previous