Swallowtail merlons... or provenance
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(12-07-2021, 08:51 PM)davidjackson wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.They look like swallowtail merlins, but it's most likely that the scribe simply drew what was familiar to show a castellated wall.
I see it was made in Germany, so probably something the scribe was used to seeing.

Hi David,
that's what I found interesting in the first place. I think those merlons are fairly rare in German manuscripts...
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Swallowtail merlons... or provenance - by david - 09-01-2016, 10:00 AM
RE: Swallowtail merlons... or provenance - by MarcoP - 12-07-2021, 10:09 PM

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