An Ordinary of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch

by Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael)

© 2012-2018 Sara L. Uckelman; all rights reserved
Last updated 25Oct18

This is an ongoing project to create an exhaustive ordinary of Johann Siebmacher's Wappenbuch from 1605. I am working from the digitization of it available here. If you find any error, please let me know. As a work in progress, it will be updated as I have time.

All blazons are my own. Note that in some cases, shields with a helmet facing sinister have had their arms reversed as well (e.g., a bend is displayed as a bend sinister, the tinctures of the field reversed, etc. So if you think you've found an error, double check the helm on top!) Each blazon is identified with the name of the owner as it appears in Siebmacher, with these conventions: I have transcribed vocalic v as u, and expanded , Gē:, and to en, genannt, and Von, respectively. The number in parentheses is the plate number on which the arms occur.


FIELD, DIVIDED - Paly

Paly and per fess gules and argent, von Rosenberg (100).

Paly argent and gules, von Wallenstein (134).

Paly argent and gules, a chief per fess gules and argent, die Kolben von Haylsberg (90).

Paly gules and argent, Gotschen (61).

Paly sable and argent, von Meppen (188), die Voiten (212).

Quarterly 1st and 4th paly gules and argent, 2nd and 3rd azure, a griffin crowned Or maintaining a rock argent, Schaf Gotschen (29).


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