1434 March 20th – Talhoffer’s confession in Salzburg

The following is a transcription of an “open letter” containing a witnessed confession of Hans Talhoffer in regard of a murder done by fellow  mercenaries in the duty of Nürnberg merchants. The file is to be found in the Staatsarchiv Nürnberg Reichsstadt Nürnberg, Losungamt, 7-farbiges Alphabet, Urkunden 873. It was written at 1434 März 20.

The letter is a copy of the original document, it does…

Apollo and Daphne (Closeup)

by Jacob Auer, ivory, 1688-90,

Apollo and Daphne

by Jacob Auer, Ivory, 1688-90,

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.