Design for a field pavilion tent
A peaked camp pavilion, ten long and four wide, made of four cloth widths
A red-chalk (sanguigna) drawing shows a field pavilion, a peaked camp tent, noted as ten long and four wide for his own use. A construction detail marks the ends a and b and specifies that four widths of cloth run from post to post between them. A further detail gives a dimension of six braccia and shows the poles and fittings that frame the tent.
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Field pavilion, ten long and four wide
The peaked pavilion is dimensioned ten long and four wide in Leonardo's own reckoning. It is a portable field structure for a camp rather than a fixed building.
Four cloth widths from post to post, a to b
A construction note labels the ends a and b and calls for four widths of cloth (teli) to be run from post to post between them, describing how the fabric roof is pieced together.
Poles and fittings, six braccia
A further detail is marked six braccia and works out the poles and their fittings that raise and hold the pavilion.