Tents, to be linen or not to be linen.

[John Conyard]

Sadly colour doesn’t tell us anything, as we have already discussed. White could mean alum tanned leather as was used for sails, or possibly cloth. Red could mean material as in a coloured awning, or coloured leather.

A tarpaulin placed over a short ridge poll will naturally fall in doors and there are many ways of using it. I like the way soldiers in the Ilias Ambrosiana appear to use such dog tents front to back to make long tunnel-like shelters.