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Ian:
I don't know much of anything about Norman tentage. If you can document a simple wedge for Normans then I suppose it would be fine. I always pictured those side-opening wedges when thinking about a proper Norman tent. As long as your tent matches your impression it's perfectly fine.
This is what the resident Norman at DoK uses:
Sir Wolf:
and that , is wrong. lol
a norman would use a geteld. it looks like a wedge but the ends stretch out to a point. it also uses a horizontal ridge pole that stretches out further than the material. a wedge can be found in "viking" time frames. they just have a different system in the pole structures. a wedge, would work for norman, i have seen some groups use them for hospitatler.
Thorsteinn:
Sir Wolf, I was hoping to get a Geteld for my family tent. What is the "When & Where" of it's use?
Sir Wolf:
Geteld shaped tents are found on the oldest available tent images, the C9th Utrecht Psalter and the C12th Eadwine Psalter.
http://www.ydalir.co.uk/crafts/tent/pattern.htm make one yourself :)
Mike W.:
In that case, that leaves to either bumming tent space from another, or sleeping in my car
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