VMs: Re: More Fontana name trivia...

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 18:19 25/09/02 +0200, Rafal T. Prinke wrote:
> I found that page and it is quite interesting (in our context), as
> it refers to "letter-coded padlock", the invention of which
> is usually ascribed to Hans Ehemann of Nurnberg in 1551 - but
> their drawings also appear in a MS by Johannes Fontana from 1410-20.

In an exhibition in Bruges last summer, I saw an extraordinary chest with 
an amazing locking mechanism, commissioned by the Medici's as part of their 
banking apparatus - very cool, very 15th Century. :-)