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<p>[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 3224224, member: 74712"]I love that image of the castle above the comb. I wonder if this is meant to represent “Caesar’s Tower.” Here is the image from the OP:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]840082[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If you took off the wooden roof, there are some pretty clear crenellations on the central tower, and if you faced the castle from one side I could see how it might look like a three-towered castle.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m not entirely convinced this is the castle that is being depicted, but it would make sense for it to be modeled after a local structure. Maybe there was another wooden castle that no longer exists? I’m sure people had an abstract idea of what castles looked like, and maybe that is all it is, but it would seem strange to have the inscription “CASTRI PVVINS” and depict a castle, but not THE castle of Provins...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 3224224, member: 74712"]I love that image of the castle above the comb. I wonder if this is meant to represent “Caesar’s Tower.” Here is the image from the OP: [ATTACH=full]840082[/ATTACH] If you took off the wooden roof, there are some pretty clear crenellations on the central tower, and if you faced the castle from one side I could see how it might look like a three-towered castle. I’m not entirely convinced this is the castle that is being depicted, but it would make sense for it to be modeled after a local structure. Maybe there was another wooden castle that no longer exists? I’m sure people had an abstract idea of what castles looked like, and maybe that is all it is, but it would seem strange to have the inscription “CASTRI PVVINS” and depict a castle, but not THE castle of Provins...[/QUOTE]
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