167 Georg Rüxner (1494-1526) - How the evening thanks were received and observed, Tournament book

"How the evening thanks were received and observed"

This print originates from the very rare first edition of the famous tournament book ""Anfang, vrsprug vnd herkomen des Thurniers inn Teutscher nation. : Wieuil Thurnier biss vff den letstenn zu Wormbs: Auch wie vnnd an welchen orten die gehalten, vn durch was Fürsten, ...". Also the first of only 10 prints from the only Simmern office in the 16th century, printed in Neudörffer's 'Dürer-Fraktur', one of the first German fracture types. - The work describes 36 tournaments in various German cities and Switzerland, naming the people involved and depicting their coats of arms.

Artist or Maker

Georg Rüxner

Medium

Woodcut

Date

1532