I’ve added over 70 new sources today, so I’ll just mention some highlights.
In the French section we have the 16th C Blasons de Bretagne, which offers some interesting insight into a regional heraldic style that is generally not showcased.
A lot of the French sources I found were collections of the arms of the Knights of the Round table and treatises. Since I had a bunch of both of these already, and since neither of them are the best examplars of period armorial style, I’ve separated them into their own sections.
There were a few neat German finds. There’s a 15th C Wappenbuch (München, BSB, Hss Cgm 8030) with over 2500 items. I noticed a large amount of overlap with Grünenberg, both in content and organization, so I suspect it’s from sometime in the second half of the 15th C.
Then there’s a Wappenbuch from the 15th or 16th C (the art style suggests 15th C, but some of the content seems like it’s from the 2nd half of the 16th C to me, so it’s tough to call) with over 500 items (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol. 221).
And another Wappenbuch that is dated by the musem as simply 16th C, but based on the number of items in it that I’ve only ever seen in alba amicorum I suspect it’s closer to the end of that period, which contains over 2500 items (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol 223)
There’s also a Wappenbuch from Cologne in the 2nd half of the 16th C (Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, A 99). It’s very roughly sketched, with tricking indicating the tinctures along with sporadic painting. It’s theorized that it was a workbook for an heraldic artist.
And finally from Germany is Stuttgarter Schiessen (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.fol.165), a book celebrating a shooting competition in 1562, which has some amazing heraldic art.
One of the new sources added to the Italian section is the lovely Priorista, a catalogue of the priors of Florence. I looked up some of the corresponding arms in Insignia Florentinorum, and it’s fascinating to compare styles between the two.
The biggest component of this update is 39 new alba amicorum, which offer an excellent selection of bizarre heraldry – the below are from Eberhard Werll, Leonhard Bininger, and Johann Georg Nocker, respectively.
Great Britain
- Heroica Eulogia, 1567 English (Huntington Library, mssHM 160)
France
- Science du roy d’armes, 2nd half of the 15th C French (Douai, Bibliothèque municipale, 1197)
- 7 items
- Armes et noms des chevaliers du Saint-Esprit, faits par les rois Henri III, Henri IV et Louis XIII, 16th C French (Bordeaux, Bibliothèque municipale, 0819)
- Black and white.
- Blasons de Bretagne, 16th C French (Saint-Brieuc, Bibliothèque municipale, 013)
- The parts that look purple are actually azure.
- Recueil de blasons, 16th C French (Lille, Bibliothèque municipale, 506 (429))
- Black & white.
- Recueil (Traité du blason des armes ; etc.), 16th C French (Lille, Bibliothèque municipale, 498 (735))
- Black and white
- Armes des chevaliers de la Toison d’Or, 1559 French (Arras, Bibliothèque municipale, 0244 (0153))
- Unfinished.
- Epitaphes et armoiries, 1569-1600 French (Arras, Bibliothèque municipale, 0756 (0738))
Germany
- Wappenbuch, 15th C German (München, BSB, Hss Cgm 8030)
- Over 2500 items.
- Wappenbuch, 15th or 16th C German (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol. 221)
- Wappenbuch des 16. Jahrhunderts, 16th C German (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol 223)
- Based on the amount of overlap between the arms here and the ones found in alba amicorum, this is likely quite late 16th C.
- Over 2500 items.
- Anfang: ursprung: und herkommen des Thurnirs in Teutscher nation, 1530 German
- Wappenbuch, 2nd half of the 16th C German (München, BSB Cod.icon. 311 b)
- Wappenbuch, 2nd half of the 16th C German (Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, A 99)
- Reimspruch auf das Büchsenschießen in Passau 1555, 1555 German (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 686)
- Hylmair, Hans: Regensbugisches Wappenbuch, 1560 German (München, BSB Cgm 2015)
- Reimspruch auf das Armbrustschießen in Stuttgart 1560, 1560 German (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 325)
- Stuttgarter Schiessen, 1562 German (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.fol.165)
- Gorgeous art style
- Cronica undt Wappenbuch von der uralten Römischkaiserlichen Reichs Stadt Augspurg, 1570-1600 German (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol 85)
- Arma Regni Poloniae, 1572 German (München, BSB Herald. 9)
- Polish heraldry.
- Schlesisches Wappenbuch, 1578 Polish (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, VD16 ZV 26921)
- http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001793200000000 – Coloured version
- Stam und Wapenbuch hochs und niders Standts, 1579 German
- Poetic blazons throughout, includes a section with plain language blazons at the end.
- Formel- und Wappenbuch, 1598-1626 (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Sal. IX, 58)
- Appears to be clippings from alba amicorum – a lot of items from 1598-1600.
Italy
- Arme de’ principi di Este ; Arme de’ Carraresi signori di Padova, 16th C Italian (Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, gamma.r.2.28)
- Priorista, ou catal. des prieurs de Florence, par famille, avec les armoiries, c 1535 Italian (Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, 103)
Iberia
- Blasón general de todas la insignias del universo, 16th C Spanish (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España MSS 10654)
- Blazons only.
- Nobiliario, 16th C Spanish (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España MSS 12548)
Album Amicorum
- 1556-1603: Johann Burkhard von Anwiel (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.256)
- Lots of uncoloured arms.
- 1558-1636: Joh. Mich. und Joh. Carl Heuß (Badische Landesbibliothek, Karlsruhe 2978)
- 1563-1567: Georg Rosenberger (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.269)
- 1564-1565: Johann Waldbott von Bassenheim (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.260)
- 1565-1570: Antoine Mouchet (France, Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, 1201)
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- 1569-1578: Paul van Dale (Oxford, Bodleain Library MS. Douce d. 11)
- Select pages.
- 1569-1591: Leonhard Bininger (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.264)
- Huge, with lots of arms, all period.
- 1569-1593: Friedrich I. Herzog von Württemberg (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.qt.84)
- 1569-1596 : Winshemii seu Winsheim (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 12885)
- 1569-1603: Friedrich I. Herzog von Württemberg (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.301)
- 1572-1587: Adrian von Wrisberg (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.Don.896)
- 1574-1579: Georg Kirchperger (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, HB V 50)
- The first two arms are from 1609, but everything else is for the years stated.
- 1574-1596: Abraham Ortelius (Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS LC.2.113)
- 1575-1591: Johann Joachim Tafinger (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, R 16 Schop 1)
- 1578-1586: Georgius (Gregor) Amman (Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel, 8° Ms. philol. 4)
- 1580-1583: Peter Faber (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.Don.897)
- 1580-1625: Hans Ludwig Pfinzing von Henfenfeld (Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Hist.176)
- 1582-1584: Johannes Wilichius à Weihe (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Yg St.10, 16°)
- 1582-1608: Friedrich Decker (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.223)
- 1583-1588: David Wirssing (Badische Landesbibliothek, Rastatt 54)
- 1583-1629: Daniel Prasch (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.Don.898)
- 1584-1589: Ladislaus von Törring (Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 14)
- 1585-1609: Jan de Keyser (Harvard University, Houghton Library MS Typ 19)
- Select pages.
- 1587-1609: Andreas Huber (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.Don.899)
- 1588-1594: Herzogs Magni z. Braunschweig u. Lüneburg (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Pon. Gen. 4° 2)
- 1589-1600: Zdeněk Brtnický z Valdštejna (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod. Ser. n. 2607) – Czech
- 1591-1611: Erhard Grünthaler (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. Ser. n. 13244)
- 1591-1645: Schenk von Limpurg (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.Don.903)
- 1591-1595: Jan vander Deck (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. B. 21)
- Select pages.
- 1593-1627: Eberhard Werll (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.Don.901)
- 1593-1652: Johannes Weckherlin (Württembergische Landesbibliothek,, Cod.hist.oct.217)
- 1594-1625: Johann Michael Weckherlin (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.218)
- 1594-1638: Johann Georg Nocker (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.168)
- 1595-1616: Bartholomäus Hettler (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 9875)
- 1595-1596: Ludwig Camerarius (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.309)
- Alll the arms up to f.52r are from 1595-1596. Everything else is 1613 or later.
- 1596-1640: Nikolaus Ochsenbach (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, HB XV 2)
- 1597-1600: Balthasar Erleholtz (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.34)
- 1597-1606: Maximilian Marschall von Pappenheim (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.Don.904)
- 1598-1610: Friedrich Rechlinger (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 244)
- Select pages.
Treatises
- Traités sur la noblesse ; Traité de blason, 3rd quarter of the 15th C French (Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, 1793)
- Traité de blason, last quarter of the 15th C French (Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, 3711)
- Short treatise and arms of the Knights of the Round Table
- Blason des armes (Le), attribué à Sicille, héraut d’armes d’Alphonse V d’Aragon, 16th C French (Lille, Bibliothèque municipale, Godefroy 179 (God. 002))
- Black and white
- Recueil de blasons d’armes, 16th C French (Lille, Bibliothèque municipale, 499 (431))
- Black & white.
- Traité de blasons, 16th C French (Arras, Bibliothèque municipale, 0265 (0390))
Knights of the Round Table
- Noms, armes et blasons des chevaliers de la Table ronde, 15th C French (Lille, Bibliothèque municipale, 513 (329))
- Black and white.
- Traité de blason, last quarter of the 15th C French (Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, 3711)
- Short treatise and arms of the Knights of the Round Table
- La devise des armes des chevaliers de la Table ronde, 1525 French (Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, R 11434)
- Printed.
