Coned towers are quite different from saddlebacks. Take a look at the roofs of medieval Swiss buildings. They have lots of saddlebacks.
Once you get familiar with saddlebacks, I think you'll see the central tower in the VMS drawing is intended as a saddleback with two flags (pointing outward).
The Prague "Powder Tower" where Rudolf's alchemists were staying has a saddleback at the top level, but it has globes rather than flags. Go a little farther west to see saddlebacks with flags rather than globes.
There's a thread with some examples here:
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Once you get familiar with saddlebacks, I think you'll see the central tower in the VMS drawing is intended as a saddleback with two flags (pointing outward).
The Prague "Powder Tower" where Rudolf's alchemists were staying has a saddleback at the top level, but it has globes rather than flags. Go a little farther west to see saddlebacks with flags rather than globes.
There's a thread with some examples here:
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