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325Imperial Architect: Background atively apply the theory underlining the new, Vitruvian manner of architectur- al design and the latest developments in fortification. That they looked around for masters who would meet these criteria is not surprising. One example is the Augsburg Town Architect Hans Tirol (‘Ioannes Tirollus Republicae Augustanae aedificiorum publicorum Prefectus’), who combined this charge with his father’s function as herald, and as a print publisher and engraver closely cooperating with his father-in-law Jörg Breu the Elder. Two splendidly illuminated sets of codices, preserved in Eton College and in the Escurial, illustrating scenes from history and countless coats of arms, bear wit- ness to his expertise as a herald and an antiquary. The character of the latter does not indicate that his expertise as an architect was much influenced by up to date developments in Italy, or even by Serlio’s recent publications. Ferdi- nand asked him to come to Prague in 1551, where he was involved in the design and /or the construction of the upper level of the Summer Palace.126 A second example is the intellectual Jacopo Aconcio (1492–1566) [Fig. 5.86]. The contact between Maximilian and the Italian may well have been moti- vated at least in part by this consideration. Aconcio was a lawyer from Ossana near Trent, who appears to have been first called to court by Ferdinand i. He soon became acquainted with Maximilian, to whom he later sent a copy of the 1558 edition of the Dialogo nel qual si scuoprono le astutie che usano lu- therani per ingannar i semplici which he had written in Vienna.127 Doubtless 126 Bažant 2006, pp. 20–21; on Hans Tirol, see Lange 2011, pp. 49. 127 Aconcio to Maximilian ii, 27 November 1558, publ. in Aconcio/ Köhler/ Hassinger 1932, p.  97. Figure 5.84 Bonifaz Wolmut, Prague Castle, Ballhaus (1567–1569). Figure 5.85 Bonifaz Wolmut, Church of St Peter and Paul at Kralovice (CZ), (1575–1581).