Sebastian Brant's Narrenschiff (The Ship of Fools), was a very influential book in the early 16th century. The illustrations are rich with little details and humor.

When it rains it pours!

Sometimes when you prospect for information (aka data mining) you hunt and hunt and turn up nothing but empty. Other days you are practically drowning in new discoveries and can barely handle everything.

Today is a "barely keeping my head above water" sort of day, here are the gems.

First, A Atlas, dated middle 16th century, WDB,
Cod.Guelf. 4.1 Aug. 4° (Battista Agnese, Portulanatlas, Mitte 16. Jh.)
http://diglib.hab.de/mss/4-1-aug-4f/start.htm

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Then this very odd box, also from the WDB
Cod.Guelf. 90 Aug. 8° (A. Kircher, Arca musurgica)
http://diglib.hab.de/?objekte=90-aug-8f

Its a wooden box, with wooden sticks, with writing on them, that have to do with music, as the box has musical scales on the sides for four parts. Its dated to the 17th century.

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This book is a "Varia" Book, dated 15th century. Its got some really interesting writings having to do with musical composition on page 33. In the 40 page range, it looks like class notes or similar and has diagrams about the music notation in use at the time.
82.6 Quod. (8a) = Heinemann Nr. 4045 (varia de poesi, musica, astronomia, 15. Jh.)
http://diglib.hab.de/mss/82-6-quod-8a/start.htm

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Not sure of the exact placement and time period of this book of hours, the WDB is very hard to get that information out of, they don't put it nicely where one can easily find it.

Cod.Guelf. 84.2.1 Aug. 12° ("Stundenbuch Herzog Augusts d.J.")

http://diglib.hab.de/mss/84-2-1-aug-12f/start.htm

More fun stuff from BSB

Paul Mair's De Arte Athletica, Volume I and II, Augsburg middle of the 16th century, BSB Cod.icon. 393 1 and 2
Volume 1: http://mdzx.bib-bvb.de/codicon/Band_bsb00006570.html
Volume 2: http://mdzx.bib-bvb.de/codicon/Band_bsb00007894.html

This book is in FULL color and has some of the most beautiful men's clothes I've ever seen! Here's an example from Vol 1

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Hans Burgkmair: Turnierbuch - Copy of the Original of Hans Burgkmair the Elder. - BSB Cod.icon. 403, Augsburg 1540
http://mdzx.bib-bvb.de/codicon/Band_bsb00015125.html

Tourney book of Hans Burgkmair, lots of great horse barding, armour, and some clothes.

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Turnierbuch. Ritterspiele gehalten von Kaiser Friedrich III. und Kaiser Maximilian I. in den Jahren 1489 - 1511 - BSB Cod.icon. 398
Augsburg ? 1550
http://mdzx.bib-bvb.de/codicon/Band_bsb00002178.html

Plates showing matches from tourney's in 1497, 1498, 1491 and 1511

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Schriber, Stephan: Spätgotisches Musterbuch des Stephan Schriber - BSB Cod.icon. 420
Urach um 1494
http://mdzx.bib-bvb.de/codicon/Band_bsb00019746.html

Late Gothic Pattern Book, more cool calligraphy and illumination sample book.

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Kleinodienbuch der Herzogin Anna von Bayern - BSB Cod.icon. 429
München 1552 - 1555
http://mdzx.bib-bvb.de/codicon/Band_bsb00006598.html

Jewelry catalog book of Herzogin Anna of Bavaria painted by Hans Mielich. Here's just a sample

Bellicorum instrumentorum liber cum figuris - BSB Cod.icon. 242, Venedig 1420 - 1430

For the earlier war time crowd, and other mechanical folks. Lots of interesting inventions and other sorts of diagrams. Not quite sure what to make of this one, but its certainly has some interesting ideas in it.

If your are looking for that off the wall A&S idea, this might be a good book to look through.

For my very early period friends, a Traditionsbücher from 1166-1196, the only surviving one to belong to a noble family and not a cleric.

Codex Falkensteinensis, Herrenchiemsee 1166

Today was not really the best day here, there was lots of failure on several fronts, but its always nice when the day ends on a good note.

First off, someone has posted really nice pictures of Jost Amman's Tourney picture from 1561 on Wikimedia.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gesellen-Stechen_1561

Then the BSB has put up Talhoffer's Fechtbuch in color,
Thalhofer, Hans: Fechtbuch von 1467 - BSB Cod.icon. 394 a, [S.l.] Schwaben 1467
http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/0002/bsb00020451/images/

Then to cap the day!
Zeugbuch Kaiser Maximilians I. - BSB Cod.icon. 222, Innsbruck um 1502
http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/0002/bsb00020956/images/

The Zeugbuch or Thing Book, of Kaiser Maximilian I, is a beautiful full color illustration of his war machine in action. All the war equipment you could ever ask for, pages upon pages of cannon, with the occasional soldier thrown in for spice.

It is really cool in that it shows in exacting detail how the cannons are mounted on the carts, how they are transported.

Interesting buckets and bags

Pikeman, and pike parts

Not sure of this weapon, but I love the view of the hat on the ground

Smaller size guns, with the gunners

Small size cannons, with gunners, love the Rock on the guy on the left

Rough pen sketch of two soldiers

The calligraphy and borders are really nice too throughout the entire book, especially the decorative pen work capitals towards the back, really beautiful stuff!

The BSB has been busy of late, and has put out a list of ALL of their many digital collections in English

Among the really cool finds I discovered on a very short search are:

Bonus, they are all in color!

BSB Cod Icon 341, Costume of the Men and Women in Augsburg, Nürnberg, Germany, Europe, Africa and the Orient.

BSB Cod.Icon 342 A circa 1600 copy of the Trachtenbuch of Christoph Weiditz

Zeichnungen von Trachten und Gebräuchen aus dem osmanischen Reich, Persien und der Neuen Welt - BSB Cod.icon. 342 k, circa 1570 Clothes and other things from the Turkish Empire, Persian and related countries.

Kostüme und Sittenbilder des 16. Jahrhunderts aus West- und Osteuropa, Orient, der Neuen Welt und Afrika - BSB Cod.icon. 361 Augsburg ? 1560 - 1570 Clothing and Portrait book from 16th century, of West and East Europe, the Orient, New World and Africa.

Here's the page that lists the subject matter that all the Iconigraphic Codices fall into. Click on the subject and it will pull up all the manuscripts. Not all are digitized yet, but a lot are.


Have fun!

I love this little scene of young men or boys setting up camp
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7002899.JPG

Its a detail image from this picture
Stammbaum der Babenberger
Leopold der Milde
Dieses Bild: 000343
Kunstwerk: Temperamalerei-Holz ; Tafelbild ; Part Hans ; Niederösterreich
Dokumentation: 1489 ; 1492 ; Klosterneuburg ; Österreich ; Niederösterreich ; Stiftsgalerie
Anmerkungen: Klosterneuburg
Details/Gesamtaufnahme:
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7000246.JPG

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( More behind the cut, including some great seam lines on doublets )

Finely carved comb from Koln
Front and back view
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI01684d07b.jpg
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI01684d08b.jp

15th c. Statue of a matron with a rosary from
Orte / M / Mainz / Sammlungen / Öffentliche Sammlungen / Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum / Kunstgewerbe / Keramik / Irdenware
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI02000b06b.jpg


Earring from 11th c.
Orte / M / Mainz / Sammlungen / Öffentliche Sammlungen / Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum / Kunstgewerbe / Schmuck und Waffen
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI02000e06b.jpg

From Orte / M / Mainz / Sammlungen / Öffentliche Sammlungen / Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum / Kunstgewerbe / Metall
I think this is labeled as a Roman bronze strainer
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI07046d01b.jpg

Nice bronze cooking pots and other utensils
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI07046c12a.jpg

From Orte / M / Mainz / Sammlungen / Öffentliche Sammlungen / Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum / Kunstgewerbe / Glas -
Lovely glass ribbon handle on this pitcher, 2-3rd century
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI01999f06b.jpg

I'm in the middle of pulling together the pictures to teach a class on Saturday, and of course I'd find something that I wasn't looking for. {Very big grin}

In this drawing of Caspar Strum by Durer, 1520, Caspar is wearing what looks to be a square necked rock (we only have his head and shoulders to go by), but Durer has captured the small detail of the thread marks that come through the garment when the fastener was sewn onto the garment. Look closely at the right hand corner of the neckline square, also check out the cool detail of the point that fastens his shirt.

By the stitch marks, I'm guessing that its an alternating hook and bar closure.

Of course his Burgher style Schlappe is way cool too!

Geißelung Christi
Dieses Bild: 000180
Kunstwerk: Temperamalerei-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Flügelaltar ; Salzburg ; Mt:27:001-031 , Mk:15:001-020 , Jo:19:001-008
Dokumentation: 1515 ; 1520 ; Gebertsham ; Österreich ; Oberösterreich ; Kreuzkirche
Anmerkungen: Gebertsham

http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/3000180.JPG

Interesting view of how the top part of this slashed hosen fastens. Looks like it spiral laces above the codpiece?
Wish this was in color!

Geburt Mariens
Dieses Bild: 015601
Kunstwerk: Malerei-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Flügelaltar-Sonntagsseite
Dokumentation: 1515 ; 1525 ; Augsburg ; Deutschland ; Schwaben ; Dom Mariae Heimsuchung

http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7016766.JPG

Another picture that I'm just loving tonight, the composition is nice, but the maid on the left, wondeful!

First, the light yellow dress with the narrow black banding and the deep orange and brown patchwork on the hem, hiked up with her belt with a red purse on it? Sweet. I love that you can also see the line of her smock in the back. Then there's the bright red gefrens, and the headband that it attaches to. Or the cute little white socklets with her black shoes!

So often dresses like this are just shown in drawings, its so refreshing to see one in color.

Wandering around tonight, and found these two little gems of pictures

Hl. Sippe
Dieses Bild: 015607c 015607d
Kunstwerk: Malerei-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Flügelaltar-Werktagsseite ; Maria1:03:001-011
Dokumentation: 1515 ; 1525 ; Augsburg ; Deutschland ; Schwaben ; Dom Mariae Heimsuchung
Anmerkungen: 110x98 ; Trauchgau-Steingaden

C - http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7016775.JPG
D - http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7016776.JPG

C has a nice progression of boys clothes, from the naked baby to the toddler wearing the shirt with the fur lined vest over it, to the older boys in their Schauben. The one seated on the stool shows that he's wearing knee length sock like things. I've seen these before, but never in color.

D has one boy in a sleeveless rock and the other in a Schaube, and this time you can see the fasteners on the sock things! Very cool!

Found one that clearly shows a rock with a cloak over one shoulder!

Top picture, bottom right hand corner, yellow rock, grey cloak with red trim

http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/kurzweil/feb2.htm

These got posted a while back on the GermanRenCostume list by Katherine Barich, but I forgot to post them here for those who don't read that list

Two really nice clothing books, and heraldry too, of the Bavarian Court
Hofkleiderbuch (Abbildung und Beschreibung der Hof-Livreen) des Herzogs Wilhelm IV. und Albrecht V. 1508-1551 - BSB Cgm 1951, München 16. Jh.
http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/0001/bsb00016005/images/

Hofkleiderbuch (Abbildung und Beschreibung der Hof-Livreen) des Herzogs Wilhelm IV. und Albrecht V. 1508-1551. Wappen mit Reimsprüchen des Holland. Abbildungen bayerischer Regenten - BSB Cgm 1952, München 16. Jh.
http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/0001/bsb00016900/images/index.html

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Heraldry book, 18th century copy of the 1560 original. Its got the shield, with the crest and the appropriate flag, so you can see how the shield design would translate to a fabric design.

Wappenbuch des churbayrischen Adels (Copie eines Originals von 1560), Band 1 - BSB Cgm 1508,
http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/bsb00002248/images/index.html

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Teilnachlass von Philipp Apian (z.T. lateinisch) (1554-ca.1585), Ortsansichten, Alpenpanoramen, Holzschnitte - BSB Cgm 5379(3, [S.l.] Bayern 1554 - ca. 1585
http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/bsb00002074/images/

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And I'm sure that someone has a music geek friend who would love this
Songs of the Master school of Colmarer, from 1591, words and music notation to go with it!

Lieder der Colmarer Meisterschule - BSB Cgm 4999, [S.l.] 1591
http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/bsb00004911/images/

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I found the last two via this listing of all the Handschriften by century

- Extant blown tall glass drinking vessals with the knobby bits on the outside.
Stangenglas
Dieses Bild: 004361
Kunstwerk: Glas ; Gefäße Haushalt ; Stangenglas ; Südtirol
Dokumentation: 1400 ; 1600 ; Bozen ; Italien ; Südtirol ; Museo Civico
Anmerkungen: 20 ; Bozen, Dominikanerkloster ; Heinemeyer, Elfriede: Glas. Katalog des Kunstmuseums Düsseldorf. 1966
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7005737.JPG


- Extant painted tall glass with two coats of arms on them.
Stangenpokal
Dieses Bild: 015796
Kunstwerk: Glas ; Gefäße Haushalt ; Pokal ; Süddeutschland
Dokumentation: 1594 ; 1600 ; Lauf-Neunhof ; Deutschland ; Schwaben ; Freiherrlich von Welsersche Familienstiftung ; Kat. 2 ; 29
Anmerkungen: H 29,9 Dm 8,7 ; Fugger-Welser (Ausst.Kat.), Oberdeutsche Wirtschaft, Politik und Kultur im Spiegel zweier Geschlechter, Augsburg 1950, Kat. Nr. 162 , Geld und Glaube- Leben in evangelischen Reichsstätten, Memmingen 1998, Kat. Nr. 18 , Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte (Hrsg.), Leben in süddeutchen Städten im 16. Jahrhundert, Augsburg 2002.

http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7017018.JPG
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7017019.JPG
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7017020.JPG
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7017021.JPG

Ran across this from Talhoffer, the translations are from Fight Earnestly by Jeffery Hull

I'd *love* to see this made up as an A&S entry. *LOL*!
43 verso
Wetsuit, mask, goggles and airbag

44 Recto
Wetsuit, mask, goggles and snorkle

45 Recto
Skin diver breathes while underwater by means of a snorkle and syphon-flask rig.

Surfing through RealOnline tonight, and found this for all my Burgundian/Early German friends..

OK, standard doublet with broad opening and lacing pairs, but there's a red shirt underneath the doublet, except you can see down at the waist that he's really wearing a *white* shirt and the red is just a dickey or a false shirt underneath the laces.

Enthauptung des Hl. Johannes des Täufers
Dieses Bild: 011735
Dokumentation: 1520 ; 1520 ; Levoca ; Slowakei ; Pfarrkirche St. Jakob
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7012115.JPG

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Then there's this hat, its in the back, red and gold plaid, but the plaid is on the bias. I've seen this older style of hat in various places, and I made one once. I cut it out on the bias because I felt it would give it better stretch and shape. Nice to have my assumption validated in the artwork. :D

Kurtisane erhält am Grab des Hl. Johannes des Almosenspenders ihr Sündenregister getilgt zurück
Dieses Bild: 011722
Dokumentation: 1507 ; 1507 ; Levoca ; Slowakei ; Pfarrkirche St. Jakob
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7012092.JPG

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I really need to analyze the picture of this woman. Parts of her clothing is very normal, other parts not so much. It is a nice color picture a small size bundelein, and she's wearing an earring. Not sure what's up with the over gown... There are two young boys who are wearing perfectly normal boys clothes for the period.

Taufe des Hl. Paulus durch Ananias
Dieses Bild: 015735
Kunstwerk: Malerei-Holz ; Tafelbild ; Holbein Hans der Ältere (1460/70-1524) ; Augsburg
Dokumentation: 1504 ; 1504 ; Augsburg ; Deutschland ; Schwaben ; Staatsgalerie im Schaezler-Palais ; 5332

Detail of woman at baptism
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7016946.JPG
Close up of woman's head
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7016949.JPG

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This is one style of hat I've not seen before, looks like a cross between a Schlappe and a Barett. Its very odd!

Porträt - Lukas oder Hans Rem
Dieses Bild: 015759
Kunstwerk: Malerei-Holz ; Tafelbild ; Porträt ; Beck Leonhard (um 1480-1542)
Dokumentation: 1505 ; 1505 ; Augsburg ; Deutschland ; Schwaben ; Staatsgalerie im Schaezler-Palais ; L 1050
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7016978.JPG

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More boys clothes, around 3-5 years old I think.
Hl. Sippe
Dieses Bild: 015906
Kunstwerk: Malerei-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Flügelaltar-Sonntagsseite ; Cranach-Vorlage Holzschnitt von 1509 ; Maria1:03:001-011
Dokumentation: 1510 ; 1515 ; Genhofen ; Deutschland ; Bayern ; St. Stephan
Anmerkungen: 64x43 ; Bushart, Bruno (Bearb.), Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bayern Bd. 3, Schwaben, o.O. 1989, S. 371
http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7017161.JPG