20-05-2016, 04:57 AM
(19-05-2016, 12:38 PM)Anton wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
In late XV century Ivan III decided to re-build Kremlin again. At first, local architects were invited, but the result of their work was not satisfactory, so Italian experts were invited instead. It was then when the Kremlin got its modern shape, built of hard-burnt brick.
So you see that those "guibelline" merlons of the Kremlin are just an import from Italy and are younger than the Voynich manuscript.
Yes, very true.
The Ghibelline merlons became very popular in later years and were added to many rebuilt castles and walls in the 16th and 17th centuries. It's a real challenge to find images (or verbal descriptions) of those that existed in the early 15th century.