The Westminster Tournament Challenge
| The Challenge | |
|---|---|
1511 Westminster Tournament |
The Westminster Tournament Challenge was the invitation to
Sir Thomas Knyvet as Vailliaunt desyre, and Henry VIII
as Cuere loyall. This is followed by a description of the tournament's allegorical theme along with the rules and regulations to which the challengers and answerers will adhere. It concludes with the signatures of those who took part over the two days of the joust
The Challenge, was commissioned by Henry VIII and produced by the workshop of Thomas Wriothesley. It is on a single piece of parchment, measuring 460 mm x 354 mm, held in the manuscript collection of the British Library. It is written in the chancery hand style;[3] Sydney Anglo has produced a complete transcription of The Challenge's text[4]
References
- ^ Henry Ellis, Hall's Chronicle (London, 1809), pp. 518–519
- ^ a b Walker, Alison Tara (2011). "The Westminster Tournament Challenge (Harley 83 H 1) and Thomas Wriothesley's Workshop". The Electronic British Library Journal. 9.
- ^ Tillotson, Dianne. "Medieval Writing". Medieval Writing.
- ^ Anglo, Sydney (1968). The Great Tournament Roll of Westminster. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 109.