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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 45 (2010)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 45

"A Book of Tournaments and Parades from Nuremberg"

Breiding, Dirk H., and Helmut Nickel

2010

62 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Dirk H. Breiding

Dirk H. Breiding was formerly the assistant curator in the Department of Arms and Armor.

Helmut Nickel

Met Art in Publication

Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg, Pen and ink, watercolor, gold and silver washes; paper bound in gold-tooled leather, German, Nuremberg — Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg
German, Nuremberg
late 16th–mid-17th century

Registrum huius Operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mundi, Hartmann Schedel German, Woodcut — Registrum huius Operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mundi
Multiple artists/makers
July 12, 1493

Tournament or Cavalry Shield (Targe), Wood, leather, gesso, silver, paint, probably Austrian — Tournament or Cavalry Shield (Targe)
probably Austrian
early 15th century

Helm for the Joust of Peace (<i>Stechhelm</i>), Steel, copper alloy, German, probably Nuremberg — Helm for the Joust of Peace (Stechhelm)
German, probably Nuremberg
ca. 1500

Vamplate (Hand Guard for a Lance), Matthes Deutsch German, Steel, German, Landshut — Vamplate (Hand Guard for a Lance)
Armorer Matthes Deutsch
ca. 1490

Armored Skirt (Base), Konrad Seusenhofer Austrian, Steel, gold, Austrian, Innsbruck — Armored Skirt (Base)
Armorer Attributed to Konrad Seusenhofer
ca. 1510–15

Jousting Sallet (<i>Rennhut</i>) Made for Louis II (1506–1526), King of Hungary and Bohemia, Kolman Helmschmid German, Steel, copper alloy, gold, German, Augsburg — Jousting Sallet (Rennhut) Made for Louis II (1506–1526), King of Hungary and Bohemia
Armorer Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid
ca. 1525

Pair of Vambraces (Arm Defenses) from a Costume Armor, Kolman Helmschmid German, Steel, copper alloy, gold, German, Augsburg — Pair of Vambraces (Arm Defenses) from a Costume Armor
Armorer Kolman Helmschmid
ca. 1525

Emperor Xuanzong's flight to Shu, Unidentified artist Chinese, active mid-12th century, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, China — Emperor Xuanzong's flight to Shu
Unidentified artist
mid-12th century

Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis, Bronze; Quaternary copper alloy (approx. 72% copper, approx. 17% zinc,<br/>approx. 6% lead, approx. 3% tin)., South Netherlandish — Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis
South Netherlandish
late 14th or early 15th century

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