This German manuscript Turnierbuch is a falsification of the "Heidelberg Tournament Book of the Jost Pirckhammer of 1486" realized in 1886. Today it is preserved in Heidelberg University Library. Always and in any time, people were fascinated by the Middle Ages. And as always, writings and other legacies from the Middle Ages were an expensive and coveted commodity. And where there was a need for rare originals, there were always a "creative contemporaries" who were able to recreate old originals... In appendix twelve plates o knights, dames and soldiers of 16th century.
A volume from the series "Soldiers, Weapons & Uniforms. From ancient era to XX century".
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Cristini, L. S.
Title
Heidelberg Turnierbuch 1482
Details
English text, paperback, 48 colour plates. 66 pages.
State
new
Soldiershop/Luca Cristini Ed. Via Orio 33/D 24050 Zanica (BG) Italien
