Swallowtail merlons... or provenance

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The battlements of Rhodes
It is an assumption that the specific battlements existed on Rhodes before 1500. This is only because of the drawing of Conrad von Grunenbergs ( Rhodes ).
On the drawing you can see normal or crown merlons. Apart from the towers. Only on the towers there are dovetail merlons. But exactly these are also crown merlons on the original buildings. Now it seems obvious that he drew dovetail merlons and not crowns because of space reasons.
There is no reference to the merlons on the wood engravings before 1500, nor on the Ottoman drawings.
In 1476 and 1481 the city was completely dismantled by the Turks. St. John's could barely hold it. That alone makes it questionable whether Conrad von Grunenbergs could have seen it that way. conquered by the Ottomans in 1520.
This is what the experts agree on.
Around 1900, preserved battlements were so worked on that one even speaks of historical mutilation.
Even the remains of the fortress of the Johanniter are not visible.
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