German joust; mid 16th century. Two knights in armour and caparisoned horses fight a joust called a Rennen. Sebald Geiger of Nuremburg has a helmet with lion rampant and buckler with head of a black man; while Pangratz Zollner has a two-handled tankard on his helm and shield. From a picture in a tournament book. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes; Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century; Frankfurt; 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck; lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator; archaeologist; art historian; illustrator and etcher.