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„TOURNOIS MAGNIFIQUE...
„TOURNOIS MAGNIFIQUE TENUE EN POLOGNE"
In the collection of the Royal Library in Stockholm
there is a manuscript entitled Tournois magnifique tenue
en Pologne. It is an album consisting of a series of
unsigned drawings of costumes in water-colour. The
MS, shelf-mark S 100, was bound by the Swedish
bookbinder Kristoffer Schneidler (1721-1787) in brown
sheepskin with the arms of Sweden stamped on the
cover. It has 128 folios numbered by modern hand and
three different Italian watermarks from the second half
of the 16th cent, (see figures). Two of them are similar
to Briquet no. 750 and 969.
The MS can possibly be dated to around 1560-70
with the help of its watermarks and the fact that the
picture on fol. 10 is an almost identical copy of a figure
in the first printed costume-manual Recueil de la
diversite des habits published in Paris in 1562.
The original provenance of the manuscript is un-
know. It was probably brought to Sweden as war booty
during the First Northern War of 1655-60. However, it
is not improbable that the work could already have been
in Sweden during the reign of Queen Christina. The
name „Leyoncrona" is inscribed at the end of the ma-
nuscript. This probably refers to Johan Holm, knighted
Leijoncrona (died 1687). Leijoncrona was a tailor to
Queen Christina and was entrusted by her and her suc-
cessor next owner of the manuscript was Carl Gustaf
Tessin (1695-1770), a prominent art and book collector.
He has written in his own hand the title of the MS. Next
to it, on the same page the shelf-mark of his library is
written in pencil.
In 1756 the MS together with a large part, of Tes-
sin's collection was sold to the Crown Prince Gustav,
later King Gustav III. He was a great admirer of theater
and court festivals. Gustav III probably kept the MS in
his residence at Drottningholm. It was, however, impos-
sible to find it in the catalogues of Drottningholm 's
library. In 1876 the MS was acquired by the Royal
Library.
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„TOURNOIS MAGNIFIQUE TENUE EN POLOGNE"
In the collection of the Royal Library in Stockholm
there is a manuscript entitled Tournois magnifique tenue
en Pologne. It is an album consisting of a series of
unsigned drawings of costumes in water-colour. The
MS, shelf-mark S 100, was bound by the Swedish
bookbinder Kristoffer Schneidler (1721-1787) in brown
sheepskin with the arms of Sweden stamped on the
cover. It has 128 folios numbered by modern hand and
three different Italian watermarks from the second half
of the 16th cent, (see figures). Two of them are similar
to Briquet no. 750 and 969.
The MS can possibly be dated to around 1560-70
with the help of its watermarks and the fact that the
picture on fol. 10 is an almost identical copy of a figure
in the first printed costume-manual Recueil de la
diversite des habits published in Paris in 1562.
The original provenance of the manuscript is un-
know. It was probably brought to Sweden as war booty
during the First Northern War of 1655-60. However, it
is not improbable that the work could already have been
in Sweden during the reign of Queen Christina. The
name „Leyoncrona" is inscribed at the end of the ma-
nuscript. This probably refers to Johan Holm, knighted
Leijoncrona (died 1687). Leijoncrona was a tailor to
Queen Christina and was entrusted by her and her suc-
cessor next owner of the manuscript was Carl Gustaf
Tessin (1695-1770), a prominent art and book collector.
He has written in his own hand the title of the MS. Next
to it, on the same page the shelf-mark of his library is
written in pencil.
In 1756 the MS together with a large part, of Tes-
sin's collection was sold to the Crown Prince Gustav,
later King Gustav III. He was a great admirer of theater
and court festivals. Gustav III probably kept the MS in
his residence at Drottningholm. It was, however, impos-
sible to find it in the catalogues of Drottningholm 's
library. In 1876 the MS was acquired by the Royal
Library.
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