15thc perception on swallowtail merlons?

[Aga Tentakulus]

For me, in the case of the VM manuscript, none of the 3 castles (Bourtzi GR, Rhodes GR and St.Peter TR) have any significance as far as the battlements are concerned.

It is nice to see that some are found outside of Italy, but they are almost certainly all after 1500.
I would keep it with a note.

1st Bourtzi Castle Grichenland.
Built from 1471-1473. But only the tower. But this very one has none of the battlements. The rest of the castle was only added in 1696. Now it also has dovetail battlements.

Rhodes and Bodrum have the same crown battlements.
Rhodes was reinforced in 1468-1479. The round battlements are still preserved in 3 places.
The problem, around 1650 the Dodge of Venice made some more changes on Rhodes.
The tower of St. Nicolas on Rhodes, built 1464-67 also has these crown battlements.
This is what we see in Bodrum and Rhodes. Most of the battlements in Rhodes were added in 1800 after the powder explosion. Rebuilt by the Italians. Old version crown battlements, new version dovetails.

As I said, it's nice to know, but as a reverence, it's not important to me.

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