Wolfram von Eschenbach: Parzival, German
This is a 1467 German manuscript of Wolfram von Eschenbach's Arthurian romance Parzival, held by a Swiss library and copied with text in two columns beside painted scenes for a courtly reading audience. The pages show knights in armour on horseback, jousting, riding through hilly country past a castle, and a fallen knight tended by companions, all drawn in flat colour with gold accents that a designer could draw on for medieval-themed armour, heraldry, or narrative panel layouts.
