Sigismund Gallery

French men's costumes of the late 15th century

French men's costumes of the late 15th century. The top group shows a man being dressed in armour and helm, and the bottom group shows a rich man with partner in feather beret looking a a group of musicians with drum, fife, lute and harp. From a tapestry of an allegorical banquet from Nancy, France. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher

© Florilegius

Sons of Henry of Prussia

Prince Waldemar (1889-1945) and Prince Sigismund (1896-1978; on the right) of Prussia in full naval uniform. The boys were the two elder sons of Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Prussia and Princess Irene of Hesse. Their father entered the developing German Navy rather than the army, and his sons seem to have followed his example. However, Waldemar, a haemophiliac, would have been unable to take part in any active service

© Charlotte Zeepvat/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

Page from Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik

Page 170 from Meisterlin's Nurnberger Chronik. Sigmund or Sigismund Meisterlin (c.1425-1490) was a Benedictine monk of Augsburg. He wrote a chronicle of Augsburg in 1457, which was printed in 1522, and a chronicle of Nuremberg, written in Latin in 1485 and printed in German as the Nrnberger Chronik in 1488

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