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Description: "High-ranking lords did not renounce their customary comforts even on the battlefield. The illustration shows a negotiation scene in tents, fourtheenth century. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris."
Credit: Paris Bibliothèque Nationale; ms. français 12559.
Source: Neubecker
Comments: There are quite a few flags in this picture. Almost all appear to be flying from extensions of the tent poles except the one in the upper left, between the second and third tents from the left. In my reading so far, I haven't discovered any mention of the heralic shields displayed on the roofs of several of the tents and assume they were perhaps wooden or display-only shields and not flags.