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Freydal Tournament Book
The ''Freydal'' tournament book is an early 16th century illuminated manuscript held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna containing 255 Miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniature paintings depicting scenes from a series of imaginary late medieval Tournament (medieval), jousting tournaments. It was created by the court painters of the Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I with the intention that the miniatures would be used to illustrate one of the Emperor's Cultural depictions of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor#Gedechtnus, "memorial" projects, a prose narrative to be called ''Freydal''. The latter work was never completed in the form Maximilian intended, but the tournament book is one of three surviving elements of the project. The other two are a draft text of the narrative and over 200 drawings created as planning sketches for the miniatures in the tournament book. The miniatures depict Maximilian, in the guise of the story's eponymous her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freydal KK5073
''Freydal'' is an uncompleted illustrated prose narrative commissioned by the Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in the early 16th century. It was intended to be a romantic allegorical account of Maximilian's own participation in a series of Tournament (medieval), jousting tournaments in the guise of the tale's eponymous hero, Freydal. In the story, Freydal takes part in the tournaments to prove that he is worthy to marry a princess, who is a fictionalised representation of Maximilian's late wife, Mary of Burgundy. The text was never completed, although a manuscript draft is held by the Austrian National Library. Over 200 high quality drawings were created to be used as planning sketches, 203 of which are held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with a small number of others preserved in the British Museum and the Vatican Library. Based on these drawings, 256 Miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniature paintings were created by cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
