Bartenstein castle in bartenstein, part of the town of schrozberg in the schwäbisch hall district in baden-württemberg. In a copy of daniel meissner's schatzkästlein collection (thesaurus philopoliticus) from 1624-1626 in the library of the heinrich heine university in düsseldorf, there are handwritten notes by an unknown owner from around 1660. The following notes by the owner can be found on the reverse (on fol. 215v) for the saying "ein ross umb ein pfeiffen geben" (on fol. 215r) and the depiction of the "bartenstein" castle as the emblem background (on fol. 215r): in the year 1326, barttenstein was built in prussia by count dieterich von aldenburg, grand master of prussia. In the year 1493, barttenstein was built on the jagst by count crafften von hohenlohe in ziegenhein and nidaw, which the counts of hohenlohe in schillingsfürst then had inhabited by an official in the year 1654. When a man who had previously been highly learned but rather short in stature wanted to inspect a stable, and at that time the custom was to carry a long spanish rod or stick, the man had a stick that was much longer than he was. As he was inspecting the horses, the master of the stable came over and saw this person with the long stick and said: if you didn't have the stick, you wouldn't be able to get along on the street. This good man bowed and said: your majesty has so many fools in your kingdom and provinces, so you will let a fool pass through too. The king answered: see that's it. When augsburg was plundered and robbed in the year 953, one of them took a large and fine book from the church and exchanged it for a horse. When he came home with it, he boasted to his wife about what a good loot he had gotten and what a good exchange he had made. The woman was not at all pleased and said: oh dear husband, i wish you had never touched the church book. But he despised and laughed at that, went into the stable, cleaned his horse and was beaten so badly that he remained dead in the stable. Crucible. Date: circa 1660.
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