No houses, only portable huts of wicker and reeds on carts
Editorial contextMichalo describes the Tatars' pastoral life: they follow their herds across the plains, have no enclosures and no houses except portable tents made of wicker and reeds covered with felt and rush mats, which they carry on carts full of wives and children. They do not farm even rich land, live on milk without bread or beer, and own nothing fixed except wells shared by the clan.
They have no enclosures and no houses, only portable tents of wicker and reeds joined together, covered with felts and mats and made fast with rush matting, which, filled with wives and children, they carry with them on carts.
Working translation
Original wording
Septa nulla habent, nec domos, praeter tabernacula gestatoria, ex viminibus & arundinibus compactis, cilicijs velata storeis, & mattis scirpeis munita, quae uxoribus & pueris referta, vectant secum in plaustris.
About Crimean Tatars
Keep in mind
Michalo generalises; the Crimean khanate also had towns such as Bakhchysarai and Kaffa (under the Ottomans), which he mentions elsewhere.
