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15thc perception on swallowtail merlons?
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04-09-2021, 09:43 PM
Given that the two (the castle and the wall) are placed in altogether different portions of the chart, I think these are just merlons casual to the artist - the merlons that he's been accustomed to. So when he has to depict merlons, his first and natural choice is swallowtail.
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