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Tents & Work Shelters

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'''London, B.L. Cotton Claudius B IV '''
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File:Tent BL Cotton Claudius B IV fol 9v.jpg | folf.9vFile:Tent BL Cotton Claudius B IV fol 17v.jpg | folf.17vFile:Tent BL Cotton Claudius B IV fol 17vb.jpg | folf.17vFile:Tent BL Cotton Claudius B IV fol 18r.jpg | folf.18rFile:Tent BL Cotton Claudius B IV fol 21v.jpg | folf.21vFile:Tent BL Cotton Claudius B IV fol 23r.jpg | folf.23rFile:Tent BL Cotton Claudius B IV fol 23v.jpg | folf.23v
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|Literature
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File:Tent Utrecht Psalter fol 24v.jpg | Utrecht Psalter f.24v
File:Tent BL Harley MS603 fol 24v.jpg | BL Harley MS603 f.24v
File:Tent BL Harley MS603 fol 68r.jpg | BL Harley MS603 f.68r
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==Viking Tent==
|Literature
|Archaeology =
* :'''Norway** , Oseberg** Gokstad'''<br>
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File:Oseberg_Tent.jpg | Oseberg
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:'''Gokstad, Norway'''<br>
:The parts of the tent are described by Nicolaysen [NICOLAYSEN 1882] thus:<br>
:p.32 “When the ship lay in harbour, it was, at night time covered with a tilt (tjald) to which the recently names pillars and a ridge-pole belonged (tjaldass, tjaldstong). …… <br>
:p.37-38 c “a bundle of woolen cloth of yellowish colour, though doubtless originally white, with stripes of red cloth sewn thereon (cfr. P. 33) the whole of which, presumably had been intended for the tent, an opinion corroborated by the fact that within the bundle there were found pieces of thin hemp-rope, in all probability, the fastenings of the tilt;” <br>
:p.41 q “four long oaken boards of similar size and formed in the same manner, having art the one end animal heads carved and nearly alike one another, and intended to be viewed from both sides, of whose purpose I was for a long time in doubt, until at last it became obvious to me that theu had been placed at each end og the tilt, a conclusion to which I was led by observing the barge boards with horse heads which according to Otte, are found in houses of peasents in Lower Saxony and whose heads in some districts are turned outwards to prevent misfortune, while in others they are directed inwards to bring good luck to the house. It is sufficiently clear that each of the boards must have crossed the other, as represented, and that the ridgepole of the tilt with its ends was pivoted through the holes highest up. To me it also seems most likely …..”
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File:Gokstad_Tent_1a.jpg | Gokstad set A
File:Gokstad_Tent_1b.jpg | Gokstad set B