The bulk of the Old Czech prose tale of Štilfrid (preserved in three manuscripts from the post-Hussite period and in early modern chapbooks) consists of a tournament in which the protagonist triumphs over twelve representatives of an enemy king, killing most of them. The present study builds in particular on the work of Jaroslav Kolár and Michel Stanesco and examines this tournament as a semantic spectacle. In doing so, it focuses primarily on the connections between the names and coats of arms present in the story and other medieval narratives, and shows how Štilfrid’s verbal and physical prowess and specific virtue (dangerously bordering on sinful pride) are construed through them.