Book on Tournaments:  Title Page

Book on Tournaments: Title Page

Theobald Senefelder

1817

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

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.

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