The theatre of women / designed by Jobst Ammon ; edited by Alfred Aspland.

  • Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.
Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The theatre of women / designed by Jobst Ammon ; edited by Alfred Aspland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. An Empress—A 4, verso. 2. A Queen of France—B. 3. A Queen of Germany—B i. 4. A Queen of Spain—B 2. 5- A German Princess—B 2, verso. 6. A Spanish Princess—B 3. 7. An Italian married lady of rank—B 4. 8. A maiden of the illustrious family of Fuggers—B 5. Ammon seems to have had an eye to business, as this cannot be accepted as a portrait, neither is it to be supposed that the Fuggers wore any special costume. The Fuggers, though of mean origin, had risen by trading to great wealth, and were the Rothschilds of the sixteenth century, and probably his patrons. They were a numerous family, and had formed marriage-alliances with most of the noble families of Germany. They were not Jews. Occa- sional traces of the family are still found, such as almshouses with their names recorded as founders; but the only descendants now alive are said to be in abject poverty. About the period of the publication of this Book of Costumes, one of the family, Huldric Fugger, a bibliomaniac, was pursued by his family in a court of justice at Augsburg and declared incompetent to manage his property. The special reason which satisfied the court of his incapacity was his purchase of costly manuscripts, which he printed at the press of Henry Stephens. Biblio- maniacs of the present day would probably fare better in the Court of Chancery, Huldric retired to Heidelberg, and died in 1584.