De nuptiis illustris ac generosi Domini, Dom. Iohannis Georgii, Comitis a Zollern, serenissimi vtriusque Bauariae Ducis, Maxaemiliani consiliarij, &c. illustris & generosi Domini, Dom. Italo Friderici, Comitis à Zollern, Sigmaringen & Veringen, Domini in Haigerloch & Wehrstain, Romani Imperij Cubicularij haereditarij, Sacrae Caes. Maiestatis consiliarij intimi, &c. filii vnicè dilecti, Dominorum suorum clementissimorum, cum illustri et generosa Domina, Do. Francisca, illustris & generosi Domini, Dom. Friderici Vvild, Comitis in Thaumb & Kyrburg, Comitis Rheinensis in Stain, Comitis à Salm, & Domini in Vinstingen, &c. filia : celebratis Hechingae XI. Octobris, anno salutis M. D. IIC. libri septem : versu heroico
A Latin verse epic by Jakob Frischlin, printed at Lauingen in 1601, recounting the 1600 wedding of Count Johann Georg of Zollern to Countess Francisca at Hechingen for a noble court audience. Its woodcut illustrations show riders in plumed hats and ruffs on horseback, drawn in a crisp black-line style that suits designers studying early modern costume and dynamic line work.





































