The Voynich Ninja

The presence of swallowtail merlons (aka Ghibelline merlons) on the Rosettes foldout may be an important cultural marker. However, focusing on existing buildings with this type of merlons is problematic, since it is usually hard to find out when the merlons were added. Battlements were often replaced, added or embellished during renovation efforts, and the documentation of this process is often hard to find. In other words, a building that has swallowtail merlons now, may not have had them at the time the VM was made.

Therefore, medieval images of swallowtail merlons may be a more reliable indication. This thread collects such images, and shows the results on a map. The examples are sorted chronologically. If you know any that should be added, please use the discussion thread You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..

(Edit 21 Oct: separated manuscript art from other art forms).

Manuscripts:

• c. 1310: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. from "Padova, BSV, Cod. 74, fol. 13v." (Venice, see Michelle's post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
  
• c. 1321-1324: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Venice, see Michelle's post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
  
• c. 1324-1331: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Naples)
  
• 1328-1329: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Naples.) From a group of manuscripts reported by Rene, see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
  
• c. 1330: Bodleian MS. Laud Misc. 587 fol. 1r. (Venice) (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
  
• c. 1330 - c. 1340: Egerton 3781 (Genoa) (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
  
• c. 1330 - 1340: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Naples) (Diane O'Donovan) 
  
• c. 1350: Sarajevo haggadah (Barcelona), see Marco's post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. 
  
• c. 1350-1400: Zibaldone da Canal, MS Beinecke 327 (Venice) (Diane O'Donovan, see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
  
• c. 1370: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Venice)
  
• c. 1370-1400 Tacuinum Sanitatis (Codex Vindobonensis, series nova 2644, fol. 104v. Lombardy) (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
  
• c. 1370-1380: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Milan)
  
• c. 1380: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
  
• c. 1385: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Bavaria)
  
• c. 1385-1390: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Milan)
  
• c. 1400 Biblioteca Guarneriana (S. Daniele del Friuli) You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Florence)
  
• c. 1400: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
  
• 14th century, heraldic devices found by Marco You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. Tirol
  
• c. 1435: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Lombardy)
  
• c. 1440: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (Lombardy region)
  

Other art forms:

• 1292: stone slab at Castell'Arquato (see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
  
• 1295-1299: frescos by Giotto in the Upper Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, see Marco's post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
  
• 1304: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. fresco by Giotto in the Scrovegni chapel, Padua
  
• 1320: frescos by Giotto in the Peruzzi chapel, Florence. 
  
• c. 1340: Kapelle St. Maria Magdalena in Dusch (Switzerland) (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
  
• c. 1350-1360: "Fresco depicting a castle, inside the castle of Sabbionara, Avio, Lagarina Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy" You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
  
• 1390-1395: Castel Roncolo (Runkelstein), Bolzano, Italy (see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
  
• c. 1397: Castello del Buonconsiglio fresco, Trento
  
• 1400-1410: Novacella abbey / Kloster Neustift (see Aga's post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
  
• 1400-1450: Fresco in Zwickenberg, Austria; see Aga's post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
  
• 1420-1430: Frescos at Rocca di Vignola
  
• 1420-1430: church of Tramin/Termeno, Bolzano; see Aga's post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
  
• c. 1437: Ivrea, see Marco's post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
  
• 1441: Marseiller (Verrayes) Cappella di San Michele 
  
• 1444: painting (?) from Auer, Italy. See You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and the next.
  
• 1446: Rimini, see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
  

Extant buildings:

• Castell'Arquato
  
• Fenis castle
  
• Locarno Castello Visconteo
  
• Sirmione castle
  
• Rhodes fortifications (see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
  
• Pala tower in San Vittore
  
• Castel Grumello
  
• Castello Visconti Venosta, Grosio
  
• Castello di Champorcher
  
• Castle Foppoli
  
• Castelgrande Bellinzona
  
• Castle of Sasso Borbaro
  
• Montebello castle
  
• Montmayeur castle 
  
• Blonay Castle
  
• San Giorio di Susa Castle
  
• Saint Pierre Castle
  
• Castello di Castelcorniglio
  
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• Porta Soprana (Genoa)
  
• Castello di Salorno, Haderburg
  
• Castel d'Enna
  
• Castello di Caccamo (Sicily)
  Castello di Venere (Sicily)
  Castello di Sperlinga (Sicily)
  Castello di Carini (Sicily)
  
• Castle of Almeria (Spain)
  
• Castello di Brescia
  
• Tour L'archet Morgex
  
• Porta Palatina in Turin
  
• Castello di Porta Giovia (Milan)
  
• Porta Marina in Civitanova Alta
  
• Piombino castle
  
• Castelvecchio Verona
  
• Castel Roncolo / Runkelstein 
  
  

The map can be viewed here: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

How to use the map

Castles, general art and manuscript art are each on separate layers, and you can activate these depending on what you wish to view. 

The legend might be hidden. In that case, press the button top left (my Google Maps insists on displaying this in Dutch). In the example below, only the "manuscripts" layer is selected.

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You can now toggle layers:

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* Added a whole bunch of manuscripts found by R. Sale.
* Separated Manuscript art from other art forms. Manuscripts are now black dots.
* The majority of manuscripts with swallowtail merlons were produced in Milan or "Lombardy". These dots have been spaced out a bit to get a cluster effect on most zoom levels.