15thc perception on swallowtail merlons?
It's interesting that they were making this MS in the Upper Rhine region in... ca. 1450? But yes, it all seems a bit muddy. Even with high-end manuscripts, this uncertainty is not uncommon.

By the way, it's the first time I notice such an extensive meats section in a Tacuinum. Maybe it's common, but I haven't found one of this size in other versions yet. (This is complicated by the fact that facsimile printers have apparently tried to corner the Tacuinum market).

There's something about the way this organ meat ("animal hearts" in this case) is hanging in a stretched out, vertical, bi-lobal way...

   
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RE: 15thc perception on swallowtail merlons? - by Koen G - 03-02-2026, 02:58 PM
Castle Drena - by JustAnotherTheory - 06-03-2026, 10:48 AM

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