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THE GROTESQUES
HannB Lochhausers Geselschaft
Darundter diser Rodt Beklaidet gewest, ein SchloB auff dem
Kopff gedragen, Das hat feur Vnnd Rogehten Von sich geschoBen/
The above caption does not refer to the Schembart company,
whose leaders were, according to the text for 1518 on f. 62r,
"Lorentz Stauber, Vlrich Haller, HannB Tuecher." Apparently
this "Geselschafft" is another group which ran with the Laufer,
as the followers of Hans Lochhauser, whom we shall meet again
on the Venusberg-Holle of this year. The miniature on f. 8ir
shows the costume as described above: closely fitting and with a
Gugel that covers the head, like those worn by the Laufer before
1493; the whole costume red, with little bells at the waist and
around both knees, a staff in one hand and the fireworks-sheaf in
the other, and the usual Schembart mask. What makes the costume
unique is the fantastic headgear, fashioned like a miniature castle
(the colors are red and white), from whose turrets and chimneys
fire is shooting in a cloud of smoke and flame, the rockets
("Rogehten") mentioned in the text.98 A bravura arabesque of
the carnival!
The next miniature, on f. 82r (Fig. 24), returns us to the world
of the demons, for the costume pictured here is again of the goat-
bird type figured on f. yyr; this creature is carrying a strange
burden, described in the text on f. 8iv as follows: "Dieser Jnn
Einem Teuffels Klaidt, trug eine Hiiltzne Thruen, auff seinem
Ruckhen, Wann er Vnder Daran mit einer Verborgnen Schnur zog.
als baldt fuhre ein Altes Weib, Vnnd ein Teuffel herfiir, Vnd RiBen
an ein ander/." The demon is bending under the weight of the
deep, wooden box, which is strapped to his back, and his left hand
is reaching under the box to pull the concealed cord that works
the two dolls protruding out of the box: an old woman in typical
costume of the time, and a goatish devil; both figures seem to be
pulling and scratching each other. The satire of the old woman is
a traditional motif in the carnival burlesque: the character of the
98 A similar sensational effect was produced in Heywood's A play of loue (1534), in
which the Vice "cometh in ronnynge sodenly aboute the place among the audiens
with a hye copyr tank on his hed full of squybs fyred."; cf. A. Nicoll, The De-
velopment of the Theatre, 2d ed. (London: G. C. Harrap, 1937), p. 74-
THE GROTESQUES
HannB Lochhausers Geselschaft
Darundter diser Rodt Beklaidet gewest, ein SchloB auff dem
Kopff gedragen, Das hat feur Vnnd Rogehten Von sich geschoBen/
The above caption does not refer to the Schembart company,
whose leaders were, according to the text for 1518 on f. 62r,
"Lorentz Stauber, Vlrich Haller, HannB Tuecher." Apparently
this "Geselschafft" is another group which ran with the Laufer,
as the followers of Hans Lochhauser, whom we shall meet again
on the Venusberg-Holle of this year. The miniature on f. 8ir
shows the costume as described above: closely fitting and with a
Gugel that covers the head, like those worn by the Laufer before
1493; the whole costume red, with little bells at the waist and
around both knees, a staff in one hand and the fireworks-sheaf in
the other, and the usual Schembart mask. What makes the costume
unique is the fantastic headgear, fashioned like a miniature castle
(the colors are red and white), from whose turrets and chimneys
fire is shooting in a cloud of smoke and flame, the rockets
("Rogehten") mentioned in the text.98 A bravura arabesque of
the carnival!
The next miniature, on f. 82r (Fig. 24), returns us to the world
of the demons, for the costume pictured here is again of the goat-
bird type figured on f. yyr; this creature is carrying a strange
burden, described in the text on f. 8iv as follows: "Dieser Jnn
Einem Teuffels Klaidt, trug eine Hiiltzne Thruen, auff seinem
Ruckhen, Wann er Vnder Daran mit einer Verborgnen Schnur zog.
als baldt fuhre ein Altes Weib, Vnnd ein Teuffel herfiir, Vnd RiBen
an ein ander/." The demon is bending under the weight of the
deep, wooden box, which is strapped to his back, and his left hand
is reaching under the box to pull the concealed cord that works
the two dolls protruding out of the box: an old woman in typical
costume of the time, and a goatish devil; both figures seem to be
pulling and scratching each other. The satire of the old woman is
a traditional motif in the carnival burlesque: the character of the
98 A similar sensational effect was produced in Heywood's A play of loue (1534), in
which the Vice "cometh in ronnynge sodenly aboute the place among the audiens
with a hye copyr tank on his hed full of squybs fyred."; cf. A. Nicoll, The De-
velopment of the Theatre, 2d ed. (London: G. C. Harrap, 1937), p. 74-