15thc perception on swallowtail merlons?

[MarcoP]

Cisano Bergamasco:

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Pumenengo (Bergamo province):

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[Mark Knowles]

Did someone include Castello di Mattarella?

[Mark Knowles]

I saw the swallow-tail merlons with my own eyes at the Abbazia de Santi Nazzaro e Celso in San Nazzaro Sesia

[Dobri]

There are only two You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. having a flag and a coat of arms depicting swallow-tail merlons: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..

  

[MarcoP]

I visited Brescia today, a town I am not very familiar with. The old duomo aka "rotunda" is an amazing building. It also contains the impressive sarcophagus of Berardo Maggi (1315 Ca). I attach a detail from one of my photos (Brescia is on the map already).

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[Koen G]

Well spotted! Is it the visit of the Magi?

[MarcoP]

Hi Koen,
This is based on the wikipedia page I linked above: Berardo Maggi was both bishop and lord of Brescia (not very common, I think). His most famous achievement was putting an end to the fight between the Guelf and Ghibelline factions in the city, and that is the subject of the scene. The attached image shows the whole center of the scene, which Wikipedia describes as (left to right): Maggi standing and blessing, a clerk sitting at the altar with his hand upon a book and holding a cross, a standing notary or herald reading a scroll, a kneeling soldier. The arch with the sun, star and moon could be inspired by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. that is part of the same church (in this case, I guess Mary would maybe have been replaced by a star, which seems possible, “Ave Maris Stella” etc.). The wikipedia page also connects the Sun and Moon to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., where the Sun stands for the Pope and the Moon for the Emperor: this fits very well with the overall scene.

   

[ReneZ]

There's an interesting castle near Parma, of which I do not see any mention in this thread.
It is the Rocca Sanvitale in Fontanellato.
It includes all the visual elements, but I have not yet been able to check that these were all there in the early part of the 15th century. These are the ghibelline merlons, an overall rectangular shape, square and round towers and a nearby church spire. One might even add the main doorway.

I'm not pushing this as something important, but it might be worth checking if it fits, timewise.

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[Aga Tentakulus]

       

Without doing much research.
As can be seen on the walls, there are no dovetail battlements in the fixtures (lower level).
Elsewhere, new battlements (red) have been placed between the old battlements (blue) and raised.
As can be read, probably in the 17th century.

[R. Sale]

Ran into this.

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Sarzanello fort - not sure of the date.

Located in far SE Liguria. Birthplace of Pope Nicholas V (r. 1447-1455)