greydragon arms.bmp (1061878 bytes) Tent Pictures of
House Greydragon

These pictures are intended to show some of the historical basis and design options for decorating pavilions.


13th century

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Figure 1:
Arabs in a scene from Chronicle of Alfonso X of Castille

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Figure 2:
European crossbowmen assault a city in this scene from the William of Tyre manuscript (1250-60)


Figure 3:
Knights play chess during a siege. William of Tyre, 1250-1260


14th century


Figure 4:
A Tabriz miniature from about 1314

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Figure 5:
A game of chess from a 14th century manuscript


Figure 6:
Plate 76 from the Codex Manesse: Die Miniaturen der Großen Heidelberger Liederhandschrift.

The Codex Manesse was completed in 1304.


Figure 7:
Assassination of Sigibert I. (BNF, FR 2813) fol. 33v
Grandes Chroniques de France, Paris, 14th Century


Figure 8:
Charles the Fat receiving messengers. BNF, FR 2813) fol. 164
Grandes Chroniques de France, Paris, 14th Century.


Figure 9:
Third Crusade. Surrender of Acre to Philip Augustus and Richard the Lion-Hearted, king of England (BNF, FR 2813) fol. 238v
Grandes Chroniques de France, Paris, 14th Century.


Figure 10:
An unidentified 14th century illustration


Figure 11:
Illumination from an unidentified 14th century manuscript in the Ntaionalbibliothek, Paris.


Figure 12:
Section from Simone Martini’s fresco of
Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Monte Massi
in 1328


15th century


Figure 13:
From the Froissart Chroniqules


Figure 14:
Anglo-Scottish War: the English crossing the Tyne, 
(BNF, FR 2643) Jean Froissart, Chronicles, fol. 18 Flandres, Bruges 15th Century.


Figure 15:
Battle of Cassel: the French combat the Flemish (1328).
(BNF, FR 2643) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 28v
Flandres, Bruges 15th Century.


Figure 16:
Charles of Blois, duke of Brittany, is taken prisoner at the Battle of La Roche-Derrien (1347).
(BNF, FR 2643) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 180 
Flandres, Bruges 15th Century


Figure 17:
Edward III of England besieging Reims (1359/60).
(BNF, FR 2643) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 253
 Flandres, Bruges 15th Century.


Figure 18:
The French lay siege to Duras (1377). 
(BNF, FR 2644) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 9 
Flandres, Bruges 15th Century


Figure 19:
Jousts of Saint Inglevert.
(BNF, FR 2646) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 43v 
Flandres, Bruges 15th Century


Figure 20:
Before an assembly of French and English nobles, Charles VI entrusts to an English envoy his daughter, Isabella of France, betrothed to King Richard II of England.
(BNF, FR 2646) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 245v 
Flandres, Bruges 15th Century


Figure 21:
Genoese besieging Mahdia, in Tunisia (1390).
(BNF, FR 2646) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 79 
Flandres, Bruges 15th Century.


Figure 22:
Bertrand du Guesclin laying siege to Brest (1373).
(BNF, FR 2643) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 410 Flandres, Bruges 15th Century.


Figure 23:
Castilians besiege Lisbon (1384).
BNF, FR 2645 Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 1 Flandres, Bruges 15th Century


Figure 24:
Roalès besieged by the English (1387).
(BNF, FR 2645) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 132 Flandres, Bruges 15th Century.


Figure 25:
Massacre of the Christian prisoners taken in the Battle of Nicopol, in the presence of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I.
(BNF, FR 2646) Jean Froissart, Chronicles fol. 255v Flandres, Bruges 15th Century.


Figure 26:
A 15th century illumination from the Life and Times of Henry V


Figure 27:
A 15th century manuscript illustration of the 1377 siege of the French castle Mortagne on the Gironde by Owain of Wales.


Figure 28:
A 15th century illumination of "The Meal of King Arthur" from Livre de Messire Lancelot du Lac


  16th century


Figure 29:
From the Field of the Cloth of Gold,
now at Hampton Court Palace


Figure 30:
From the Field of the Cloth of Gold,
now at Hampton Court Palace


Figure 31:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 32:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 33:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 34:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 35:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 36:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 37:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 38:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 39:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 40:
Detail from illuminated scrolls in Das Epos des Burgunder Reiches 
16th century


Figure 41:
From the Codex René d’Anjou, Le Livre du Coeur d’amour épris
in the Österrichische Nationalbibliothek


Figure 42:
From the Codex René d’Anjou, Le Livre du Coeur d’amour épris
in the Österrichische Nationalbibliothek


Figure 43:
A 16th century engraving, Nantes


Figure 44:
Section of the 1545 Cowdray engraving of the Battle at Solent

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Figure 45:
A scene from the Hapsburg victory over France at Pavia, 1525. 


Figure 46:

German woodcut, 1520

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