Minggu, 08 Juni 2008

Campus Life in 1600

frontispiece


tennis match in 1589


university ball game in 1600


sword play at the University of Tubingen


college quadrangle at the University of Tubingen


dining hall at Tübingen college, 1589


lecture theatre or college chapel


Tubingen University Library, 1600


campus grounds at Tubingen University, 1600


jousting games


grounds at University of Tubingen 1600


archery field - Tubingen Univ. Baden-Württemberg


quarterstaff and combat training - Tubingen 1589


'Illustrissimi Wirtembergici Ducalis Novi Collegis quod Tubingae quam Situm quam Studia quam Exercitia Accurata Delinateo' - (something vaguely approximating: An accurate depiction of the illustrious Duke of Württemberg's new college of study exercises at Tübingen)

This album of thirteen engravings of university life in Germany was designed by Johann Christoph Neyffer and the plates were produced by Ludwig Ditzinger somewhere between 1589 and 1600. All the sparse references to this work do describe them as engravings but they appear more like ink/wash drawings to my eye. Of particular note is the second image above showing an early depiction of (real) tennis.

The trouble with the modern education system is that there is far too little attention paid to jousting and quarterstaff combat.

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