06-03-2019, 08:30 AM
(06-03-2019, 06:25 AM)-JKP- wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(06-03-2019, 06:20 AM)Morten St. George wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.JP, the context as it relates to the drawing appears to be entirely generic: bad faith receiving its just punishment. In 1250 (the start of the original composition per Linda), the Montségur massacre of 1244 would have been fresh on their minds.
The context is not entirely generic. If you read it, you'll see the context is a history of France (focusing on the nobility) and part of the agenda is establishing the legitimacy of the French as being an "elevated" line of peoples descending from the ancients.
JP, I was only referring the red writing immediately below the drawing which I presume is what describes the drawing.
The towers of Lastours were apparently of the thick circular type which turns that skinny tower into a mystery. I was envisioning the bulge in the middle as the sling hanging by a rope from the top of the catapult pole, but in the context of Lastours, it has to be something else.