But that's not true.. We have clear parallels with La Sfera, De Balneis, Lauber (or your Dutch antecedent), plenty of Herbals and evidence that herbs were routinely adapted, Taccola/Kyeser, Laufenberg etc.. so we can say with some certainty where the inspiration came from. The challenge now is simply to find the place where all those things existed .. as Koen says in his video, Strasbourg/Constance/Basel are interesting, and if you connect down as far as Bellinzona you get quite stunning Swallowtail Merlon walls, and then in the middle is Vaduz where I found that Aberil example..And we have countless examples of Geheimschrift in Germany... Plus if you wanted to argue it, a tonne of convents like Unterlinden. So it doesn't seem that complicated to me...
I think Padua still has a place, and Milan might, but to these eyes it's a german Manuscript with Italian influences..
I think Padua still has a place, and Milan might, but to these eyes it's a german Manuscript with Italian influences..