Die Tugendbrunnen (C16th fountain of the virtues)

Some of the figures are streaming water from their little alpenhorns, but seven are using a different technique, in this civic treasure next door to Lorenzkirche.

Just following the decorative standards of the C14th Gothic joint next door, with its gory renditions of the slaughter of the innocents and the counting of the saved and the damned on Judgement Day.
Let's face it, literacy wasn't an option for your typical Nurmberger in 1360, so they went for the graphic novel approach.