An account of the old noble families of Nuremberg (with some annals of the city) from the earliest times, written in about 1590-1636 at Nuremberg
Exhibiting their arms, municipal offices, etc., in many cases with coloured arms and portraits. This 'Raths-und Geschlechtbuch der Stat Nürnberg' (fol. 85) is brought up to about A.D. 1590, with some additions to 1636. The second part (fol. 161) is a particular account of the Schönbart- (properly Schembart-) Gesellschaft, founded at Nuremberg in A.D. 1449 by the butchers of the city to commemorate their conduct in the tumults of A.D. 1349, and is illustrated by very many coloured figures of each successive Schönbart from 1449 to 1539, and of a Ring Dance and Mummers in 1449 (fols. 182-3), etc., all presumably copied from the original Schönbartsbuch in about 1590.
Dates
- Creation: written in about 1590-1636 at Nuremberg
Extent
276 Leaves
Language of Materials
- German
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 346
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21921
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Custodial History
Owned by 'Hanns Ammon, 1640 den 1 Julj': and with the rather later (17th cent.) armorial bookplate of 'Iohann Conrad Feuerlein JCtus et Consil: Norimb.'.
Physical Facet
On paper, with many coloured illustrations
Dimensions
12 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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