7-462: Siebmachers Wappenbuch ( German: [ˈziːpmaxɐs ˈvapm̩buːx] ) is a roll of arms first published in 1605 as two heraldic multivolume book series of armorial bearings or coats of arms of the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire , as well as coats of arms of city-states and some burgher families . Founded and compiled by Johann Ambrosius Siebmacher (1561 – 23 March 1611),
14-660: A German heraldic artist , copperplate engraver , etcher and publisher from Nuremberg , these works became an important source of heraldry of the German-speaking regions. The Alter Siebmacher was compiled 1605–1608, and represents the contemporary heraldry during the final two centuries of the Holy Roman Empire. Its two volumes were completed by Johann Siebmacher. His work was continued to six volumes with additional supplements by Paul Fürst, Wolfgang Gottlieb Fürst, Rudolf Johann Helmers, Christoph Weigel
21-479: A specific event such as a tournament; "institutional", associated with foundations, such as that of an order of chivalry , "regional", collecting the arms of the nobility of a given region, "illustrative", in the context of a specific narrative or chronicle, or "general", with the aim of an encyclopedic collection. A roll of arms arranged systematically by design, with coats featuring the same principal elements (geometrical ordinaries and charges ) grouped together as
28-489: The Elder and Gabriel Nikolaus Raspe. The supplemented works were also published under the titles of their respective publishers, such as: Fürstsches Wappenbuch , Helmersches Wappenbuch , Weigelsches Wappenbuch or Raspes Wappenbuch . The Neuer Siebmacher , Siebmachers großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch was compiled 1854–1967 by Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt , Maximilian Gritzner , and Gustav A Seyler. The General-Index of
35-604: The larger armorials develop into encyclopedic projects, with the Armorial général de France (1696), commissioned by Louis XIV of France , listing more than 125,000 coats of arms. In the modern period, the tradition develops into projects of heraldic dictionaries edited in multiple volumes, such as the Dictionary of British Arms in four volumes (1926–2009), or J. Siebmacher's großes Wappenbuch in seven volumes (1854–1967). Armorials can be "occasional", relating to
42-418: The name of the person bearing the arms. The oldest extant armorials date to the mid-13th century, and armorial manuscripts continued to be produced throughout the early modern period . Siebmachers Wappenbuch of 1605 was an early instance of a printed armorial. Medieval armorials usually include a few hundred coats of arms, in the late medieval period sometimes up to some 2,000. In the early modern period,
49-467: The whole work has been edited by Hanns Jäger-Sunstenau. Later Ottfried Neubecker had published all burgher arms of the New Siebmacher without the text as a sort of illustrated glossary organized by the heraldic charges. Roll of arms A roll of arms (or armorial ) is a collection of coats of arms , usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by
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