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Northern European Tent
Art
- England
- Cambridge Corp. Chri. MS23 fol.3v
- T49 London B.L. Cotton Cleo. C, VIII fol. 5v
- Vatican Biblioteca Apostolica, reg. lat. 12, fol. 29r
- London, B.L. Cotton Claudius B IV fol.9v, 17v, 17v, 18r,21v, 23r, 23v, 24r, 25r, 29v, 30r, 30v, 41r, 46v, 47r, 47v, 51v
- 1000-1050AD London, British Library, MS Harley, 603 fol.15r, 25r,
- 1100-1150AD London, British Library, MS Harley, 603 fol.3
- Netherlands
- 800-900AD Utrecht Psalter fol.15r, 25r, 58v,
MS Cott. Cleo. C VIII f.5v
Chrisi College MS23 f.3v
Vat, Bib. Apos. lat.12 f.29r
BL Harley MS603 f.15r
BL Harley MS603 f.15r
BL Harley MS603 f.25r
MS Harl. 603 f.33r
Utrecht Psalter f.15r
Utrecht Psalter f.15r
Utrecht Psalter f.25r
Utrecht Psalter f.85v
London, B.L. Cotton Claudius B IV
f.9v
f.17v
f.17v
f.18r
f.21v
f.23r
f.23v
f.23v
f.24r
f.24r
f.25r
f.29v
f.29v
f.30r
f.39v
f.41r
f.46v
f.47r
f.47v
f.51v
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Re-enactment Variations of Northern European Tent
In re-enactment many variations of the Northern European tents can be seen. These variations are not seen in period art and are used purely to assist re-enactors lives easier at events.
- Tent, Saxon. Side flown.jpg
Side opening Northern European Tent
Bell Tent
Art
- England
- London, British Library, MS Harley, 603 fol.24v, 68r
- Netherlands
- 800-900AD Utrecht Psalter fol.24v
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Utrecht Psalter f.24v
BL Harley MS603 f.24v
BL Harley MS603 f.68r
Viking Tent
Art
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Literature
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Archaeology
- Norway, Oseberg
- Oseberg Tent.jpg
Oseberg
- Gokstad, Norway
- The parts of the tent are described by Nicolaysen [NICOLAYSEN 1882] thus:
- 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). ……
- 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;”
- 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 …..”
Gokstad set A
Gokstad set B
Gokstad
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Work Shelters
Art
- Netherlands
- 800-900AD Utrecht Psalter fol.5r, 84r
- Germany
- 855-869AD Lothair Crystal (British Museum)
Lothair Crystal
Utrecht Psalter f.5r
Utrecht Psalter f.84r
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Tents from the Psychomachia
- Tent Bern cod. 264 Psychmachia 900AD
900AD Bern cod. 264
- Tent Bern cod. 264 Psychmachia f.65 900AD.JPG
900AD Bern cod. 264
- Tent Brussels Lat. 9987 Psychomachia 850-900.JPG
850-900 Brussels Lat. 9987
- Tent Brussels ms. 10066-77 Psychomachia 10th.JPG
900-1000 Brussels ms.10066-77
1000 MS Cott. Cleo. C VIII f.5v
1000 Chrisi College MS23 f.3v
