Mattaus Schwartz, Livre des costumes

Thanks to strawberrykaren for pointing me to this resource.

The Bibliotech Nationale du France (aka the BnF) has color plates from Matthais Schwartz's trachtenbuch online as part of its l'enfance du Moyen Age online exhibit. :D 

I've used a online translator to translate the text, and then I've paraphrased it into comprehensible English.

Matthaus at 2

He fell into a coma and his family thought he was dead, so his grandmother took him to the graveyard to be buried. Since it was November, it took a while to dig the grave, during which the cold tempretures revived him and he was found to be alive.

Matthaus at 3 and a half
Here he is sick with a fever and being fanned by his older sister to help drop the fever. Note the child sized furniture and the table for his toys.

Matthaus at 5 and four months
Matthaus learning his alphabet in 1502. He sits infront of a window and writes on a whitewashed tablet, his red school bag at his feet.

Matthaus at 9 years and four months
In 1506 he tires of his cruel tutor, a priest, and after destroying the priests garden, runs away. He lives by begging from the farmers and watching the cows and sheep.( I want to know where his mother was!)

Matthaus at 12 years
Matthaus decides to become a monk and practices the Mass in his bedroom with a miniture altar complete with statues of saints and a retable.

Matthaus at 13 years and seven months 
Here he is entering the door of the college of Saint Moritz, 

Matthaus at 14 years old
At 14 years old, Matthaus started to work on his father's accounts. Here he is sampling wine before buying it.

Citation
Matthaus Schwartz, Livre des costumes, Allemagne, début du XVIe siècle
Paris, BnF, département des Manuscrits, Allemand 211, folios: various

While searching for more online pictures from this book at the BnF, I ran across a publication of his autobiogaphy, for $26, how can you go wrong, especially since it promises more color pictures?

Un banquier mis à nu : Autobiographie de Matthäus Schwarz, bourgeois d'Ausbourg (Paperback)
by Philippe Braunstein