An account of the old noble families of Nuremberg (with some annals of the city) from the earliest times
MS. Douce 346
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
An account of the old noble families of Nuremberg (with some annals of the city) from the earliest times
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 346
Summary
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.
Date
written in about 1590-1636 at Nuremberg
Language
German
Physical facet
On paper, with many coloured illustrations
Physical extent
276 Leaves
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.'.
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Collection contents
An account of the old noble families of Nuremberg (with some annals of the city) from the earliest times
