Quatrefoil Roundel with Arms and Secular Scenes, 1490–1500, Made in Nuremberg, Germany, German, Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous paint, and silver stain, Diam: 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm), Glass-Stained, In the center of this panel are the imperial arms of Austria. The scenes in the quatrefoil represent a variety of secular vignettes. These scenes may signify a tournament masquerade of the type held in Nuremberg before Lent, which would explain the presence of fools, feasts, and lovers
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