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THE DANCERS
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costumes for 1504 (f. 48v), 1506 (Fig. 11, f. 49V),15°7 (f- 50v),
1509 (f. 52v), and 1510 (f. 53V). In 1475 (f. 25V) single oak
leaves form the design on the mi-parti costume (f. 26r: "Jn den
Praun warn gelb, und im griinen weiB Aichl Blettlein gemalet");
and in 1511 (f. 54V) the doublet of the Laujer shows a threefold
pattern of leafy wreaths running around it. The flower motifs are
limited to thistles, clover, and roses. In 1464 (f. 14V) the thistles
are purple and green (f. i5r: "mit Disteln Blumen bestreyet");
in 1470 (f. 2ov) they are red and yellow (f. 2iv: "mit Rott und
Gelben Distlen, auff iren Zweigen gezirt"); in 1476 (f. 26v) and
1477 (f- 2 7v) they are again colored more naturally purple and
green. Clover occurs but once, in 1471 (f. 2iv), and the design is
colored white (f. 22r: "mit weysen Chleplettlein"), contrasting
with the blue costume. Roses are more frequent: white roses with
two leaves on their stems in 1474 (f. 24V, f. 25r: "mit weisen
RbBlein sambt irem Laub, bestreyet"), yellow in 1479 (f. 29V)
and white again in 1490 (f. 38V), here without foliage (cf. Fig. 5,
1467).
Nature's elements again quicken the carnival in the curling
flame and cloud patterns on twenty-one costumes (f. iir, 1460:
"mit Rodt vnd Weysen Flemlein"; f. 2gr, 1478: "mit weysen
Flammen vnd gewiilck"; cf. Figs. 5, 1467; 6, 1468); these de-
signs are usually white, though the flames are also done in con-
trasting colors, particularly on a mi-parti costume or on stripes.
The phenomena of nature are reflected in the patterns of two
other Schembart costumes: in 1523 (f. 65V) the upper part of the
long hose shows a motif of jagged streaks of lighting; and for 1472
(Fig. 7, f. 22v) the solar system contributes a design of sun, moon,
and stars (f. 23r: "Jn Praun vnd weyB beklaidtet, vnd mit Gulten,
Sonen, Mondt vnd Stern gezirdt"). They are divided in mi-parti
fashion, the golden sun and stars against the white background,
the crescent moon with stars against the purple. The faces of the
celestial bodies, a characteristic feature of this astronomical motif
wherever it appears, are clearly drawn.101
101 Examples are to be found in the woodcut in Narrenschiff, Nr. 6$: "Von achtung
des gstirnB"; an allegorical woodcut of the Peasants Revolt printed in 1523, cf.
Henne am Rhyn, II, 19; also Hans Weiditz' woodcuts for Sebastian Brant's
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costumes for 1504 (f. 48v), 1506 (Fig. 11, f. 49V),15°7 (f- 50v),
1509 (f. 52v), and 1510 (f. 53V). In 1475 (f. 25V) single oak
leaves form the design on the mi-parti costume (f. 26r: "Jn den
Praun warn gelb, und im griinen weiB Aichl Blettlein gemalet");
and in 1511 (f. 54V) the doublet of the Laujer shows a threefold
pattern of leafy wreaths running around it. The flower motifs are
limited to thistles, clover, and roses. In 1464 (f. 14V) the thistles
are purple and green (f. i5r: "mit Disteln Blumen bestreyet");
in 1470 (f. 2ov) they are red and yellow (f. 2iv: "mit Rott und
Gelben Distlen, auff iren Zweigen gezirt"); in 1476 (f. 26v) and
1477 (f- 2 7v) they are again colored more naturally purple and
green. Clover occurs but once, in 1471 (f. 2iv), and the design is
colored white (f. 22r: "mit weysen Chleplettlein"), contrasting
with the blue costume. Roses are more frequent: white roses with
two leaves on their stems in 1474 (f. 24V, f. 25r: "mit weisen
RbBlein sambt irem Laub, bestreyet"), yellow in 1479 (f. 29V)
and white again in 1490 (f. 38V), here without foliage (cf. Fig. 5,
1467).
Nature's elements again quicken the carnival in the curling
flame and cloud patterns on twenty-one costumes (f. iir, 1460:
"mit Rodt vnd Weysen Flemlein"; f. 2gr, 1478: "mit weysen
Flammen vnd gewiilck"; cf. Figs. 5, 1467; 6, 1468); these de-
signs are usually white, though the flames are also done in con-
trasting colors, particularly on a mi-parti costume or on stripes.
The phenomena of nature are reflected in the patterns of two
other Schembart costumes: in 1523 (f. 65V) the upper part of the
long hose shows a motif of jagged streaks of lighting; and for 1472
(Fig. 7, f. 22v) the solar system contributes a design of sun, moon,
and stars (f. 23r: "Jn Praun vnd weyB beklaidtet, vnd mit Gulten,
Sonen, Mondt vnd Stern gezirdt"). They are divided in mi-parti
fashion, the golden sun and stars against the white background,
the crescent moon with stars against the purple. The faces of the
celestial bodies, a characteristic feature of this astronomical motif
wherever it appears, are clearly drawn.101
101 Examples are to be found in the woodcut in Narrenschiff, Nr. 6$: "Von achtung
des gstirnB"; an allegorical woodcut of the Peasants Revolt printed in 1523, cf.
Henne am Rhyn, II, 19; also Hans Weiditz' woodcuts for Sebastian Brant's