Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg
Date:
late 16th–mid-17th century
Geography:
Nuremberg
Culture:
German, Nuremberg
Medium:
Pen and ink, watercolor, gold and silver washes; paper bound in gold-tooled leather
Dimensions:
cover: 14 x 10 3/8 in. (35.56 x 26.35 cm); page: 13 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (34.61 x 25.08 cm)
Classification:
Books & Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number:
22.229
This 112-sheet manuscript includes depictions of contestants equipped for various tournaments; a parade preceding a late form of tournament called a carrousel; participants in tournaments known as Gesellenstrechen, or bachelors' jousts, held in Nuremberg between 1446 and 1561; and depictions of pageant sleighs, some of which were used in a parade held in the winter of 1640–41. The illustrations are probably the work of a Briefmaler, or letter painter, who also would have written and embellished official documents and painted coats-of-arms.In many instances, the names of the tournament participants are written above them. They are armed for the Gestech, the joust fought with blunt lances. A helmet and a four-pronged lance head similar to those in the album are also on display in gallery 373 (acc. nos. 29.156.67a, 42.50.40). Albums such as this provide an invaluable record of the jousters' colorful costumes, fanciful crests, and humorous, often satirical emblems that decorated the jouster's shields and horse trappings.
Date: ca. 1540
Medium: Pen, ink, and wash on paper
Accession Number: 2000.27
Not on view
Date: dated 1727
Medium: Steel, horn (bovine), copper alloy, gold, hemp, leather
Accession Number: 1986.205
Kunz Lochner
(German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567)
Date: both dated 1548
Medium: Etched steel, leather, copper alloy, textile
Accession Number: 29.151.2; 29.158.183–.184; 32.69
Date: ca. 1600
Medium: Steel, etched and gilt; gilt brass; leather, textile
Accession Number: 04.3.225
Not on view
Kunz Lochner
(German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567)
Date: dated 1548
Medium: Etched steel, leather, copper alloy, textile
Accession Number: 32.69
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