Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century. (1905)
Rée, Paul Johannes, b. 1858, Palmer, G. H. (George Henry), b. 1871, tr · London : H. Grevel & Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 55
aithful copy. 46 THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY TOWN WALL. In consequence of the remarkable development of firearms during thecourse of the 14^ century, the town-walls, at which building was still goingon at the beginning of that period, soon proved to be quite inadequate. Thetown, besides, after this ring… … Fig. 27. A piece of the wall, between the Spittlerthor and Walchthor.Photograph by F. Schmidt. at a considerable distance from it. So rose, somewhat after 1345, the famousWall of Nuremberg, the pearl of German city-defences. This wall, throughits relatively fine preservation, with its towers, great…
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