Turnierbuch of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria

 Salvete Omnes, 

Digital collection of Kunst Historisches Museum of Vienna, Austria made available the famous manuscript - Turnierbuch Erzherzog Ferdinands II. circa 1557. 

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enjoy this beautiful album

Valete

ἀνάστασις τοῦ Ἰησοῦ - Happy Easter- Wesolego Alleluja

 Savete Omnes,

Tobias Frendt pinxit

Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!, romanized: Khristós anésti! - Alethós anésti! -
Paschal Greeting 

Christus surréxit! - Surréxit vere, allelúja ("Christ is risen!" - "He is risen indeed, Alleluia!")

today is Easter - Happy Easter to all 

lots of hunting spears 

unknown German  master - Resurrection 

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Cranach the Younger - horse and armor detail 

Wesolego Alleluja - Feliz Pasquas 

Valete

Semana Santa in full swing - with a Crucifixion by Conrad Laib

 Salvete Omnes,

let us pray for peace and end of human suffering around the world as the Easter holiday is upon us.

we, in the Catholic Christianity, are in the Semana Santa - Holy Week/Swiety Tydzien, aleady in the third day of this last day of Lent.
Last year I did a post  about Semena Santa in Spain and Palm-frond like arrangements - you can take a look here.

And  I would like to share this Crucifixion by Conrad Laib (c.1410-1460), active in Salzburg, Holy Germany Empire. 

Apart from the religious subject matter and artistic value, this work contains lots of information about the horses, horse tack and armor and even weapons of the era.

Bridles, spurs, stirrups, bits - a bonanza of material culture .

here clearly a white mule, animal for clergy, with a very sumptuous bridle an saddle  

a do watch again the famous masterpiece - 'The Passion of the Christ' by Mel Gibson (or any other film about the Passion of Christ) 

Valete

De Ruitter school - part II

 Salvete Omnes,

following the first posting of this month, this is my second - de Gheyn's Ruitter school:  the late XVI  century lancers of the Western and Central Europe - 

for your study and enjoyment

Valett

Hans Suess von Kulmbach - armored knights, horses, early hussar and stradiots lancers

 Salvete Omnes,

a little canter to early XVI century Polish ream where Northern Renaissance art life flourished in the old capital, in and around the royal court of Sigimund I Jagiellon. 

Apart from Michal Lancz there was another early painter in Polish Kingdom who also painted early hussars, stradiots and Rac, and knights and saints.

Northern Renaissance painter Hans Suess von Kulmbach was a prolific painter and draughtsman. 

In the old Limbach's church, nowadays a Lutheran Church, there is a surviving altar with his painting showing four military saints in period plate and chain armor-  

During the period of 1509-15 he was active in Krakow (Cracow), but returned to Nuremberg, where he died in 1522AD. He painted figures that resemble Rac or stradiots of the period. 

and the Adoration of Magi, in full glory at the top of this post,  is a mine to be explored

period bridle and curb-bit a a detail of the saddle's pommel

straditot and Rac lancers, ahorse with a curb bit

rowel spurs, langes messer and a stradiot attire

rowel spurs 

There is a painting at the old town of Sandomierz - Diocesan Museum. Probably painted in master Hans Suess' workshop in Krakow. But it closely follows the original master Hans' work.  Again, Rac lancers, stradiots and perhaps even Tatars (in those felt or sheep-skin  conical hats) . My thanks to Radoslaw Sikora for allowing me to use his photo of the said painting.

a sabre 

Polish bridle?  a curb-bit and double reins

lancers, their hussar lances with lively pennons 

more lancers and horsemen, including one Tatar handling the camel, a and 2 Tatars with arrow quiver? 

enjoy

Valete