{"product_id":"theuerdank-the-epic-of-the-last-knight","title":"Tashcen: Theuerdank. The Epic of the Last Knight [2018] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe amazing tales of the knight Theuerdank and his companion Ehrenhold constitute the last great epic verse of the late Middle Ages. The courageous knight's journey to woo his future wife, Mary of Burgundy, and his triumph in battles and other perilous acts of bravery are the focus of this highly embellished \"real-life\" story of Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA king of Germany before becoming Holy Roman Emperor in 1508, Maximilian was a great patron of the arts, but also the first modern-age ruler to recognize its potential for propaganda. He commissioned a trilogy of luxurious illustrated books to immortalize his existence, among them Theuerdank-the only volume to be published during his lifetime, composed by Melchior Pfinzing, based on Maximilian's rather fanciful draft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 118 ornate, gold-adorned woodcuts-one for each chapter-were made by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Hans Schaufelein, and Leonhard Beck, while the typeface (known as the Theuerdank typeface and marked by striking \"elephant trunks\") was especially designed for the book by the printing workshop of Hans Schoensperger the Elder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition, inspired by an extremely rare hand-colored original from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, comes with an essay by Stephan Fussel (covering Maximilian's life and work, as well as his role in the art of printing and use of printed materials) and selections from Melchior Pfinzing's clavis, or \"key,\" which was included in the original to kindly point out to Maximilian's contemporaries exactly what part of the tales were more fiction than fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection also showcases the famed \"elephant trunks\" typeface in double-spread fascimiles-true to the original down to every stain and smudge. A chapter-by-chapter retelling of the tales in modern vernacular sheds light on the narrative strategy and real events behind the allegories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tashcen","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46577128145235,"sku":"9783836566209","price":37.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/tashcen-tashcen-theuerdank-the-epic-of-the-last-knight-2018-hardback-9783836566209-57850417873235.jpg?v=1726359788","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/theuerdank-the-epic-of-the-last-knight","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}