Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg
Item
- Title
- Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg
- Rights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain.
- Date
- late 16th-mid-17th century
- Description
- Colorfully illustrated early modern book depicting imagery of the tournament. Knights are colorfully adorned. Fully armored knights on horseback with extravagant items as crest for their helms, including a birdcage with bird, statues, and other adornments. The horses are covered in shaffrons that are multicolored. The knights are in parade as as show before the Joust of Peace.
- Format
- Pen and ink, watercolor, gold and silver washes; paper bound in gold-tooled leather. Cover: 14 x 10 3/8 in.; page: 13 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.
- Language
- German
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Contributor
- Sam Schumacher
- Identifier
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 22.229
- Subject
- Manuscript; book; illustrations; knights; tournament; parade; pageantry; joust of peace
- Source
- Jpg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11/1/25. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/25111
- Item sets
- Sam collection/item set
- Site pages
- The Entertainment of Pageantry
