Triumph of Emperor Maximilian. No 50 - Hans Burgkmair about 1516-1519

Reproduction of picture 50.
Here five men are seen ready for the Bund. But as can be read below, the source of the name Bund was shrouded in obscurity. Above their heads appears the shield used as a target.

Quote from Triumph of Maximilian 1 - published by The Holbein Society:
"The course named Bund,27 a rank of five men with the targets,28 which fly over their heads.

27 The representation of this course exactly corresponds with that given in the manuscript by Schemel, and which has this inscription in German: “This course is called Bund”; but there is no characteristic which throws any light on this name. The word Bund has various meanings; as union, association, bundle of sticks, truss, packet.
28 It was upon these targets that the jousters, to apply the terms then in use, gave and received the strokes; and as they were but lightly attached, they flew into the air when the stroke was good. These targets also bear the name of chapeau de mentonniere or grande mentonniere.”

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