2.1 View of Augsburg from the chronicle of Sigismund Meisterlin, 1457. Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, 20 Cod. H. 1 22
2.2 Hans Rogel, city plan of Augsburg, woodcut, 1563. Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, Graph 31/6 34
4.1a Paul Hektor Mair, Geschlechterbuch, 1538. P. XX. Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, Rar 113 84
4.1b Paul Hektor Mair, Geschlechterbuch, 1538. P. XXI. Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, Rar 113 85
5.1 Jakob Fugger the Rich and his bookkeeper Matthäus Schwarz, from the Schwarz costume book. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Hs 27 N. 67 106
6.1 Establishment of the guild regime in 1368 according to Clemens Jäger’s Consulatsbuch (1545). Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, Cim 21, fol. 37r 124
7.1 Troops parading in front of city hall during the Augsburg weavers’ revolt of 1794, drawing by Franz Thomas Weber. Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Graphische Sammlung 160
9.1 Augsburg Stadtbuch of 1276. Stadtarchiv Augsburg, Stadtrechtsbuch 1276, fol. 7r 198
10.1 View of St. Moritz Church from the west, copperplate by Simon Grimm, 1687. Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, Graph 17/3a 227
11.1 Failed attempt to expel the Protestant preacher Dr. Georg Müller from Augsburg, 1582, woodcut from illustrated broadsheet. Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, Graph 22/12 259
12.1 Goldsmith’s workshop in Augsburg, copperplate by Etienne Delaune (1518/ 19–1583). Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, G20955 278
14.1 Sleigh ride in front of Augsburg’s Gothic city hall, engraving by Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann, 1618. Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, G 1387 321
14.2 Bathing scene, detail from the Augsburger Monatsbild April–June, workshop of Jörg Breu the Elder. Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin, 1990/185.2 330
15.1 Siege and bombardment of Augsburg in December 1703. Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, Graph 56/109/9 356
16.1 Drawing from the letterbook (Missivbuch) of the Augsburg city council depicting the proposed designation of Jews, 1434. Stadtarchiv Augsburg, Missivbuch III (1429–1435), no. 1387, f. 334r 370
17.1 Copia der Newen [Z]eitung aus Presilg Landt, c. 1515, title page. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 614, fol. 1r 396
18.1 Map of trade routes from Jörg Gail’s “Reisebüchlein der vornehmsten Lande und Städte”, printed in Augsburg in 1563 429
19.1 “From summer until September this was my usual dress to walk the streets …”, Book of Clothes, 1560, Veit Konrad Schwarz. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Hs 27 N. 67b, Ill. 36r 441
19.2 Einspänniger soldiers’ livery, 3 July 1547, Einspännigerbuch (Memorybuch über die ausgabe der Kleidung), Paul Hektor Mair, c. 1569. Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, 2° Cod S 228, fol. 13r 448
19.3 “This is a Castilian peasant as he goes into a city to market or rides upon an ass”, Christoph Weiditz, Trachtenbuch, ca. 1529. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Hs. 22474, Ill. 19r 449
19.4 Portrait of Christoph Fugger: oil on wood, Christoph Amberger, 1541, 97,5 × 80,4 cm Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, Alte Pinakothek. Bildnachweis: bpk | Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen 453
19.5 Dagger with sheath, cased in gold, silver, ivory, and steel, Christoph Weiditz, c. 1560, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Rüstkammer, inv. no. p203. Photo: Richard Andrich, SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek 455
19.6 An Augsburg bride going to church on her wedding day, Kostüme der Männer und Frauen in Augsburg und Nürnberg, Deutschland, Europa, Orient und Afrika, late 16th century. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB-HSS Cod.Icon. 341, fol. 2v 457
19.7 “In March 1523. The doublet of fustian, which has 4,800 slashes with velvet rolls all in white,” Matthäus Schwarz, Book of Clothes. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Hs 27 N. 67a, Ill. 61v 460
19.8 “Langenmantel vom R.”, Bericht und Anzeigen aller Herren Geschlecht der loblichen Stadt Augspurg, Strasbourg: Christoph Weiditz and David Kannel, Paul Hektor Mair, 1538. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 641, fol. 8 462
19.9 Costume harness of Wilhelm of Rogendorf (1481–1541): steel and leather, Kolman Helmschmid (German, Augsburg 1471–1532) and Daniel Hopfer (German, Kaufbeuren-Augsburg 1471–1536), 1523. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Court hunting and armory, No. A 374 464
19.10 Working sketch of the harness included in the letter from Andreas Brenker to Ferdinand II, Augsburg, 11 July 1557. Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesarchiv 465
21.1 Hans Holbein the Elder, The Basilica of San Paolo fuori le mura, oil on panel. Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen 498
21.2 Hans Burgkmair the Elder, The Emperor Maximilian I on Horseback, chiaroscuro woodcut, 1509 501
21.3 Fugger Funerary Chapel, St. Anna, Augsburg 502
21.4 Hans Daucher, The Holy Family and Angels, honestone limestone, c. 1520. Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Maximilianmuseum, no. 5703 504
21.5 Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Esther before Ahasuerus, oil on panel, 1528. Munich, Alte Pinakothek, no. 689 506
21.6 Adriaen de Vries, Hercules Fountain, 1602, bronze. Augsburg 510
21.7 Philipp Hainhofer, Ulrich Baumgartner, The Kunstschrank of Gustavus Adolphus, 1625–31 (240 cm high × 120 cm wide). Gustavianum, University of Uppsala 514
21.8 Christoph Schißler, Horologium Achaz Hydrographicum, 1578, gilded brass, 12 cm diam. Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, inv. no. 58.66 516
21.9 Joachim Friess (ca. 1579–1620) Automaton in the form of Diana and the stag, ca. 1620. Partially gilded silver, enamel, jewels (case); iron, wood (movement), 14 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (37.5 × 24.1 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917, acc. no. 17.190.746 519
21.10 Gregorio Guglielmo, Ballroom, Schaezler Palace, Augsburg, 1765 521
22.1 City map of Augsburg from Braun und Hogenberg, Civitates orbis terrarium …, colored woodcut, 1572. Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, G30 527
22.2 View from the south of the east chancel of Augsburg Cathedral, constructed 1340–1431. Photo from 1990, Eberhard Lantz, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpfllege München 529
22.3 Late Gothic city hall, built 1385, expanded 1449 and 1515–1516. Wooden model, c. 1515–16. Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Graphische Sammlung, no. 3453 531
22.4 View from the north of the former abbey church of Sts. Ulrich and Afra, built from 1467 onwards, with the Protestant church of St. Ulrich in the foreground. Photo: Isabel Mühlhaus, Lehrstuhl für Theorie und Geschichte von Architektur, Kunst und Design, TU München 532
22.5 Marcus Welser’s former garden house in the Frauenvorstadt, built after 1583, restored in 2013. Photo: Dietrich Erben 538
22.6 City library in the Annahof, built in 1562. Etching by Wolfgang Kilian, 1623. Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, G274 542
22.7 City hall square with Augustus fountain and city hall. Etching by Wolfgang Kilian, 1623. Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, G12069 544
22.8 Johann Heinrich von Schüle’s cotton-printing manufacture, 1770–1772, demolition of the wings and modern rebuilding in 1996. Photo: Dietrich Erben 547
23.1 Portrait of Johann Andreas Stein (1728–1792), maker of keyboard instruments, by an anonymous artist, 1755/57 Augsburg, Städtische Museen, Mozarthaus 568