15thc perception on swallowtail merlons?

[MarcoP]

As Marco points out You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., swallowtail merlons are present in the Trinity herbal. However, I don't know where to place it on the map. Further down the thread, Rene expresses his scepsis about the providence of "Germany", and either way this would be way too broad.

Hi Koen,
I feel confident that the Trinity Herbal is from Southern Italy, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. Anyway, we cannot link it with any specific location.

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The Avio fresco is in the Casa delle Guardie or Stanza delle Guardie. The dating You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (1350-60) seems to me more plausible than XII Century.
Note 159 in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. gives the same dates.

The tournament scene seems to me to be comparable with other XIV Century illustrations (e.g. Codex Manesse). It could be that the poor artistic quality of the Avio frescoes contributes to make them look archaic.

   

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. you can see the fresco in context:
left wall: tournament; centre wall: archers; right wall: castle.

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Another Milanese sample is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (1380 ca).

The heraldic devices I attached You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. date to the XIV century. The manuscript (München, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Geheimes Hausarchiv, Bände 3) is from Tirol; it is about St. Christoph am Arlberg, but maybe it is more likely that the ms was written in a nearby town?

More sources with swallow-tail merlons illustrations are mentioned here:

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