Book on Tournaments: Title Page
1817
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1817
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This page looks like an old book title. The top shows fancy black letters spelling out *"Turnier-Buch"* and *"Herzog Wilhelm des Pierten von Bayern."* Below that is a small, dark oval picture of two people on horseback, fighting with lances. The text around it is in German, with names like *Senefelder* and *Schlichtegroll* and the year *1817*. The oval picture is simple but detailed—it looks like a woodcut or early print, with thick black lines against a white background. The text says it’s based on a manuscript from Munich, so this might be a copy of something older. If you like old book designs, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art.