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Historical Archive: Heraldic shields


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shrine of St. Elizabeth, sandstone? 13th c., Marburg Elizabethkirche (in situ). For full work see Marburg.
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buckle with fighting knights from Kígyóspuszta (Hungary), gold and niello, 13th c., HNM
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double seal matrix of the city of Esztergom (Hungary), bronze gilt, 1217-55, HNM Cim.Sec.I.V.3. For other valve see HNM.
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arms of the Mauclerc family, counts of Dreux: Chartres cathedral, south transept windows 1221-30. For more views see Chartres.
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arms of France: Chartres cathedral, north transept windows 1234-35. For more views see Chartres.
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bowl with Tristan story, Limoges enamel c.1250-75, KGM 1917,101, which has its own page
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Knit silk purse, 14th c., Sion CT purse 270, which has its own page with many shields
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weather vane, wrought iron 14th c., arms of Rondinelli family, from parish Church of Santa Maria, Arezzo MS
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St Albans cathedral nave south triforium, shield with French arms; St Albans has its own pages.
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Sion Cathedral, Virgin and child with donors and saintly bishops, 14th-15th c., much retouched. For full portal see Sion cathedral.
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Tristan embroidery, wool on linen, c.1300-25, WIEN Ha 1, WienMus, which has its own page
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Nedstryn altar frontal, painted pine 1300-25, Bergen MA 1, which has its own page with more shields
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Guy de Meyos kneeling before St Louis, enamel on copper gilt, funerary plaque found at Civray (Vienne), Limoges 1307, Louvre OA 7495
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Siena coat of arms: façade 1310, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, which has its own exterior page
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prince of Lusignan dynasty, marble prob from funerary marker, Cyprus c.1325-50, Louvre R.F. 1219. For detail see Louvre.
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Charles of Anjou (1227-85), marble monument 1326, Saint-Denis basilica. This work has its own page.
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golden rose, Minucchio of Siena 1330, Cluny Cl. 2351, which has its own page
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Mosque lamp, gilded and enamelled glass, Egypt c.1330-45, BM 1869,0624.2. This work has its own page.
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti 1343, Annunciation , SPN inv. 88, which has its own page
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Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page
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panel paintings c.1360-64, Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Holy Cross, which has its own page with more shields
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SPQR: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page.
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Duke Christopher (d. 1363), alabaster with glass, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page
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coat of arms of Francesco I da Carrara: NT cycle, Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages.
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coat of arms of Fina Buzzacarini: altarpiece, Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages.
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St Albans cathedral south aisle: Abbot's door 1377-99; St Albans has its own pages.
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belt hook (clavendier): silver, silver gilt, and enamel, Netherlands late 14th c., CMA 1977.28
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right: memorial of Dominico Raynerius, 1395; left: of Anthony Andrea Baldi 1458, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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badge on reliquary, wood and tin alloy, late 14-early 15th c., Tournai ND. This work has its own page.
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Kuster family grave stone: coat of arms with 3 swans emerging from a crown, c.1400, HNM 70.62.1-6
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cloister vaults, 15th c., Canterbury cathedral, whose cloister has its own own page.
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arm reliquary of St. Pantaleon, 15th c. access panel, gilded silver, WAM 57.688. This work has its own page.
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Steinberg arms: North Paradise c.1405, Cathedral, Hildesheim, which has its own pages
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at feet: Provost Eckhard I von Hanensee, d. 1405, brass, HildMus G12
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Chapel of Rarogne paintings, 1434-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with additional views and additional shields
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tomb of Bishop Langley (d.1437) with Langley arms (right), Galilee, Durham Cathedral, which has its own pages
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tapestry, bear with arms Jouvenel des Ursins, linen/silk, 1440-60, Louvre OA 10373. For full work see Louvre.
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arms of Charles II de Bourbon: Three Coronations tapestry, Brussels 1446-88, Sens CT. This work has its own page.
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Christ; St. Maurice, St. Peter, Pope Boniface IX: tin pilgrim sign, Magdeburg c.1450, WienMus
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tapestry, bears with shields inc. arms Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins, linen/silk, 1450-1500, Louvre OA 10372. For detail see Louvre.
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Provost Eckhard II von Hanensee, d. 1460, tin bronze, HildMus G15. For full work see Hildesheim funerary monuments.
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arms of Louis XI: Arm reliquary Charlemagne, c.1481, silver gilt/gems/enamel, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira, Spain, 1482-1503, San Francisco Legion of Honor 46.16. For detail see SF.
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shield with arms of the Fors family, stained glass in composite window, late 15th c. France, PMA 1929-131-1. Not available at higher resolution.
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King Henry VI (Henry of Windsor, as saint?) on a ship, late 15th c., lead alloy (imitation gold coin), MoL 75.1/3
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"House of Abraham," Sens, 16th c., which has its own page
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Lady and the Unicorn, wool/silk tapestry, c.1500, Cluny. For more panels and shields see Cluny.
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c.1500-25 inscriptions, polychrome in Naumburg cathedral west choir, which has its own page
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Annunciation and Arma Christi, wood rosary bead, south Low Countries, early 16th c., Cluny: Louvre OA347. For full chain see Cluny
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Wittenberg University seal matrix: Elector Friedrich III. of Saxony, silver, 1502, SMBMünz 18239333
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Canon Dietrich von Alten (d. 1502), bronze or brass, attrib. Peter Vischer der Ältere, HildMus G20. For other views see Hildesheim funerary monuments.
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Annunciation, with patron Gabriel Gouffier: Sens cathedral north transept windows, Jean Hympe the elder and the younger and Tassin Gassot, c.1515-19. This work has its own page.
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memorial brass of Jane Agmondeshan 1519, Ewell, Bourne Hall Museum
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Jean de Court (Vigier), enamel, Baking Bread: Labor for December, 1540-60, UMMA 1977/1.168
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Canon Arnold Freitag (d.1546), sandstone, upper panel, HildMus G25
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seal matrix for the Royal Hospital of St Katharine-by-the-Tower and the Royal seal for Ecclesiastical Causes, copper alloy, 1548, MoL A11011
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Welcome glass (Humpen) of Magdeburg Cathedral with St. Maurice, enameled glass, Germany 1568, CMA 1948.232. For another view see CMA.
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base 1574: Nef of St. Ursula, carnelian/gold/silver gilt/copper/enamel 1500, which has its own page with another shield
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Kaspar von Dechau, d. 1588, sandstone, HildMus G28. For oblique view see Hildesheim funerary monuments.
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Medici arms: coffered ceiling, design 1596, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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grave stone of Frau von Meltzing d. Sept. 14, 1599, Kloster Wienhausen/parish church, which has its own page with full work
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Lille, Hospice Comtesse, parlor with 17th-c. wainscoting and ex-votos
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Joachim Engelhart von Rindtorff (d. 1667), epitaph or poss. marker for 1621 donation, brass, HildMus G45. For detail see Hildesheim funerary monuments.
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von der Recke arms, ancestry of Baron de Lützerode, 1667, bronze or brass, HildMus G46
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Theodor Adolf Baron de Lützerode, d. 1667, bronze or brass, HildMus G46
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Friedrich Joseph von Bockenvörde, d. 1688, bronze or brass, HildMus G53
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Signet ring, prob. 18th c. sapphire in 15th c. gold, Louvre OA MRR 229, which has its own page
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St Albans cathedral aisle, left: memorial to Margaret Thrale 1708 and John Thrale, right: to Willliam King 1766; St Albans has its own pages.
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Louis XVI (1754-93) and Marie Antoinette (1755-93), marble, Edme Gaulle and Pierre Petitot 1830, Saint-Denis basilica
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stained glass Charles-Laurent Maréchal 1850s, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page with another window and shield, in cathedral complex
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Brébar 1853: arms of donors on vault of chapel, Lille, Hospice Comtesse. For additional views see l’Hospice Comtesse.
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Queen Margrete I, side figures 1862-1962, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page
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Chartres cathedral, reliquary Placide Poussielque-Rusand 1876. For context see Chartres.
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Queen Victoria, Hemmings & Co. c.1895-96: Canterbury chapter house, which has its own page.
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glass chalice, Henrik Giergl workshop, Budapest before 1898, MAAB. For other views see MAAB.
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United States half eagle gold coin, 1900, p.c. For obverse see private collections.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany and studio, Wade Chapel, dedicated 1901, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland. This work has its own page.