Tournament Book of Knightly Acts (Thurnier Buech Warhafftiger Ritterlicher Thaten) 1561

Hanns Lautensack's *Tournament Book of Knightly Acts* (1561) is a small bound volume that commemorates a tournament held outside Vienna in 1561. The book features coats of arms for many of the tournament participants, including the Habsburg family, as well as detailed accounts of the tournament events. It is a beautifully crafted example of a woodcut book, demonstrating the sophistication of printing technology in the 16th century. The book is currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.