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| Keywords: Afonso V.PNG en King D Afonso V of Portugal Woodcut from the memoirs of the Swabian knight Georg von Ehingen Itinerarium das ist historische Beschreibung weiland Herrn Georgen von Ehingen reisen nach der Rittershacft tc published in 1600 in Augsburg Germany by Raymond Fugger printed by Johann Schultes with ten full-page portraits by the artist Dominic Custos Dominicus Custodius http //books google com/books id jh1PAAAAcAAJ pg PT26 v onepage q f false online <br> Georg von Ehingen 1428-1508 served in the retinues of various European princes finally being knighted by Duke Albert VI of Austria in 1452 In 1454-56 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land In 1458-59 after scouring for work throughout Europe von Ehingen entered the service of Afonso V of Portugal and was sent in command of a reinforcement army to Ceuta He later entered the service of Henry IV of Castile Von Ehingen's memoirs Itinerarium were written around 1470 They were first published in Augsburg in 1600 However a manuscript copy dated c 1550 in the Württembergische Landesbibliothek in Stuttgart has full-color hand-painted portraits that served as the basis of the 1600 woodcuts that were probably done earlier by or on the instructions of Georg von Ehingen himself and thus are probably a reasonably accurate likeness of the king 1600 http //www ordens presidencia pt/ idc 117 Dominic Custos Dominicus Custodis Institution Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Afonso V of Portugal in litographs Drawings in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga | ||||
