This article introduces two manuscript editions of a richly illustrated costume album dated ca. 1548–49. Commissioned by Christoph von Sternsee (d. 1560), the captain of Charles V’s German guard, and composed using visual material sourced from Dutch master Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (ca. 1500–59), the costume album records the diversity of subjects, customs, and costumes that the guard witnessed across imperial Habsburg Europe. Shaped by Sternsee’s personal experiences of travel, war, and empire, his costume album paints a vivid picture of imperial propaganda and personal ambition, demonstrating the significant role that Habsburg networks and relationships had upon the period’s visual culture.

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绘制哈布斯堡帝国的文化：在查理五世宫廷制作服装书

本文介绍了一本插图丰富的服装专辑的两个手稿版本，日期为 ca。1548–49。受查理五世德国卫队队长 Christoph von Sternsee（卒于 1560 年）委托，并使用来自荷兰大师 Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen（约 1500-59 年）的视觉材料组成，服装专辑记录了主题、习俗、以及卫兵在欧洲哈布斯堡王朝目睹的服装。受斯特恩斯个人旅行、战争和帝国经历的影响，他的服装专辑描绘了一幅生动的帝国宣传和个人野心图景，展示了哈布斯堡王朝的网络和关系对这一时期视觉文化的重要作用。