Swallowtail merlons... or provenance

[EllieV]

There are still large numbes of castles, including some that do look quite similar to the VMs illustration.
The case of Runkelstein is interesting, as it has a fresco of a castle (not sure if it is supposed to represent itself):



Another one on this page:
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At my site I have a medieval drawing of a castle and the same castle as it looks now, and the two are not similar, so this type of search may not help us much.

Hi Rene,
Here is VoynichAttacks post from 2011 about the Runkelstain castle You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Nice fresco. Here is another one from Runkelstein - this is the front gate wall that was blown off - I don't see a tall tower in it though. I have no idea how that tower looked like. It was an important castle in 15th century.

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Here is another fresco - Runkelstein is under attack in this one. We see the traditional square merlons on the back - the new butterfly merlons towards the front. In between the two towers on the sides there is a taller tower in the middle.