Part 9. 14th Century
The Tents of History
Part 9. 14th Century
Edited by Stephen Francis Wyley
Early 14th century (Le Roman de Lancelot de Lac et La Mort de Arthur)
Le Roman de Lancelot de Lac et La Mort de Arthur
Early 14th century (The Siege of Jerusalem)
The Siege of Jerusalem as depicted in a 14th century bible made for Richard II of England
Early 14th century (Cassydorus, Siege of Constantinople)
Cassydorus, Siege of Constantinople
1312 - 1317 A.D. (Scenes from the Life of St Martin (St. Martin Renounces his Weapons) Cappella di San Martino of San Francesco, Assisi)
Simone Martini, Fresco from the Life of St Martin (St. Martin Renounces his Weapons)
Cappella di San Martino of San Francesco, Assisi
Link to pictures:
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/s/simone/3assisi/martin_1/40renoun.jpg [dead link 22 Aug 2020, new address https://www.wga.hu/art/s/simone/3assisi/scenes/40renoun.jpg]
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/s/simone/3assisi/martin_1/41renoun.jpg [dead link 22 Aug 2020, new address https://www.wga.hu/art/s/simone/3assisi/scenes/41renoun.jpg]
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/s/simone/3assisi/martin_1/42renoun.jpg [dead link 22 Aug 2020 , new address https://www.wga.hu/art/s/simone/3assisi/scenes/42renoun.jpg]
Other work by Simone Martini:
1328 A.D. (Fresco of Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Monte Massi)
1314 A.D. (Rashid al-Din’s Jami al-Tawaikh)
Rashid al-Din, Jami al-Tawaikh
Link to picture
1328 A.D. (Simone Martinis fresco of Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Monte Massi)
Simone Martini, Fresco of Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Monte Massi in 1328
Links to picture
http://www.adelphi.edu/~sbloch/sca/tents/pictures/frombob/tentpic4.html [dead link 22/08/2020]
The Fresco of Guidoriccio da Fogliano, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
SIMONE MARTINI [dead link 22/08/2020]
Other work by Simone Martini:
1312 - 1317 A.D. (Scenes from the Life of St Maartin (St. Martin Renounces his Weapons)
Cappella di San Martino of San Fancesco, Assisi)
Other Links
SIMONE MARTINI - Italian painter, Sienese school (b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon)
1340 A.D. (Luttrell Psalter)
The arming of a knight, illustrating Troy and the knight is Pyrrhus
Mid 14th century (Histoire ancienne)
‘Histoire ancienne’
1350 A.D. (Roman de Troie)
‘Roman de Troie’, Spanish translation. Escorial, Royal Monastery
1350s (Historia destructionis Troiae)
Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’
1370 A.D. (Hanging scene, Hazine 2153)
Hanging scene Album circa 1370. Topkapi Sarayi, Hazine 2153 (117a)
About 1370 A.D. (Historia destructionis Troiae)
Guido de Columnis, ‘Historia destructionis Troiae’
About 1370 A.D. (Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun)
Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun
1396 A.D. (Altichiero, The Battle of Clavijo)
Altichiero, ‘The Battle of Clavijo’. Fresco, c. 1396. Padua, Santo, Cappella di S.Felice
1400 A.D. (Grandes Chroniques de France)
Grandes de Chroniques de France
1400 A.D. (Bible History of the Jews)
Bibbia Istoriata Padovanna, ‘Bible History of the Jews’, 14th century
14th century (Mongol Court)
The nomadic warlord Jenghiz Khan in his tent, surrounded by attendants
Link to picture
14th century (Pontifical de Sens)
‘Pontifical de Sens’ - “The Bishop of Paris blessing the Lendit Fair”
14th century (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. ms verandas 12559)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. ms verandas 12559
14th century (Chroniques de St. Denis)
Chroniques de St. Denis
Link to picture
14th century (Crusaders attacking Saracens)
The Tree of Battles: the Hundred Years War
14th century (William of Tyre, Saintes Chroniques d’Outremer, The Battle of Dorylaeum)
William of Tyre, Saintes Chroniques d’Outremer.
Note: Very similar to Guillaum de Tyr: Historie de Jerusalem
Other works attributed to William of Tyre:
1250-1260 A.D. (William of Tyre)
1275 A.D. (Guillaume de Tyr, Chronique d'Outremer)
13th century (Guillaume de Tyr, Historie de Jerusalem, The Fall of Jerusalem)
15th century (William of Tyre, Emperor Manuel Comnemus and Baldwin II)
More information:
William of Tyre according to the Catholic Encyclopedia [dead link 22 Aug 2020]
14th century (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodl. 264, fol 22r)
Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodl. 264, fol 22r
14th century (Warriors scale the walls of a besieged city with ladders)
14th century (Titus Livy, Ab urbe condita)
Titus Livy, “Ab urbe condita”
14th century (Lucan, ‘De bello civili’)
Lucan, ‘De bello civili’
14th century (The Catalan Atlas)
‘The Catalan Atlas’
Late 14th century (Mythistorima Tou Alexandrou (The Alexander Romance)
Mythistorima Tou Alexandrou (The Alexander Romance)