30-10-2017, 07:31 AM
Hmm, I'm surprised that this is the only thread dedicated to the merlons - unless I missed one.
Anyway, I wonder if someone has found out more about this meanwhile? I was just reading the wiki about the 4th crusade when I saw this image of crusaders attacking constantinople.
![[Image: 800px-Crusaders_attack_Constantinople.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Crusaders_attack_Constantinople.jpg/800px-Crusaders_attack_Constantinople.jpg)
Description: Attack of the Crusaders on Constantinople, miniature in a manuscript of 9 La Conquête de Constantinople by Geoffreoy de Villehardouin, Venetian ms.
circa 1330
Bodleian MS. Laud Misc. 587 fol. 1r.
Is there a reason why the scribe would draw such merlonson Constantinople? Or are they meant to repesent the towers around the city?
And might the VM castle also represent a walled city instead of a single castle?
Anyway, I wonder if someone has found out more about this meanwhile? I was just reading the wiki about the 4th crusade when I saw this image of crusaders attacking constantinople.
Description: Attack of the Crusaders on Constantinople, miniature in a manuscript of 9 La Conquête de Constantinople by Geoffreoy de Villehardouin, Venetian ms.
circa 1330
Bodleian MS. Laud Misc. 587 fol. 1r.
Is there a reason why the scribe would draw such merlonson Constantinople? Or are they meant to repesent the towers around the city?
And might the VM castle also represent a walled city instead of a single castle?