Helmut Nickel, Dirk H. Breiding
The article discusses a 16th-17th-century German tournament book, or Turnierbuch, featuring watercolor illustrations of tournaments and parades held in Nuremberg, Germany. The manuscript contains five different parts bound together and was likely completed by one main artist. The author suggests that the manuscript may be a record of tournaments kept for family history and discusses the popularity of knights and chivalry in Nuremberg, Germany. The author describes armor worn in the tournaments and weapons used in the tournaments. Also presented is an analysis of each plate of the manuscript, focusing on the armor depicted.
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