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Two knights on a balcony hung with rugs. Murals in the "bath-chamber" of Runkelstein castle show scenes of medieval courtlife and courtly love.
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Two knights on a balcony hung with rugs. Murals in the "bath-chamber" of Runkel...

Nude men, probably tumblers or jugglers entertaining the elegant company, gave the room in Runkelstein castle its erroneous name "bath-chamber".The murals show medieval courtlife and courtly love.
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Nude men, probably tumblers or jugglers entertaining the elegant company, gav...

Nude men, probably tumblers or jugglers entertaining the elegant company, gave the room in Runkelstein castle its erroneous name "bath-chamber".The murals show medieval courtlife and courtly love.
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Nude men, probably tumblers or jugglers entertaining the elegant company, gav...

Exotic beasts cover one of the walls of the "bath- chamber" in Runkelstein castle.A camel seems to balance on the railings of a painted balcony.Murals in Runkelstein show scenes of courtlife,courtly love and illustrate the Tristram and King Arthur legends.
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Exotic beasts cover one of the walls of the "bath- chamber" in Runkelstein...

A tournament on the wall of the knights' hall in Runkelstein castle. Below the jousting knights (left) a ballgame and (right) a roundelay, a medieval dance. Murals in Runkelstein show courtlife,courtly love and illustrate the Tristram and King Arthur legends.
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A tournament on the wall of the knights' hall in Runkelstein castle. Belo...

Duke Leopold of Austria (red and white shield) and Nicholas Vintler,lord of Runkelstein castle, trying to unseat each other. Mural in the knights' hall. Murals in Runkelstein show courtlife and illustrate the medieval Tristram and King Arthur legends.
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Duke Leopold of Austria (red and white shield) and Nicholas Vintler,lord of...

Detail of the tournament-mural (16-01-04/15): ladies watch the knights from a tower; a servant brings more lances to replace the broken ones; another servant closes the armour of a knight ready to enter the fray. Runkelstein murals show life at a medieval court.
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Detail of the tournament-mural (16-01-04/15): ladies watch the knights from a...

Murals in the knights'hall of Runkelstein castle show a ballgame in a garden. Right, in dark dress with a thick blonde plait is Margarete Maultasch ("satchel- mouth"),countess and ruler of Tyrol,shown three times in scenes of courtlife in the Runkelstein murals.
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Murals in the knights'hall of Runkelstein castle show a ballgame in a garden....

Margarete Maultasch ("satchel-mouth"), countess and ruler of Tyrol (1318-1369) shown during the ballgame in the garden. Mural in the knights' hall of Runkel- stein castle. Detail of 16-01-04/17.
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Margarete Maultasch ("satchel-mouth"), countess and ruler of Tyrol (1318-136...

The ladies dance a roundelay,a medieval dance, typical of life at court,in one of the murals of the knights' hall in Runkelstein castle,South Tyrol, Italy.Right,in dark dress,Margarete Maultasch ("satchel-mouth"), countess and ruler of Tyrol (1318-1369).
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The ladies dance a roundelay,a medieval dance, typical of life at court,in one...

Two musicians in gothic clothes follow the dancers. Detail of 16-01-04/19,mural in the knights' hall of Runkelstein castle,showing ladies and knights in a roundelay, a medieval dance.
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Two musicians in gothic clothes follow the dancers. Detail of 16-01-04/19,mu...

Riders and Margarete Maultasch ("satchel-mouth"), countess of Tyrol (1318-1369), follow a boy blowing the hunting horn. Next to tournaments, hunting was the favourite sport of knights and ladies alike.
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Riders and Margarete Maultasch ("satchel-mouth"), countess of Tyrol (1318-...