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.


ESCUTCHEON - 1 - Azure

Argent, a soldier proper statant atop a base vert, maintaining an escutcheon azure charged with an eagle Or, and a banner gules charged with a cross argent, Bamberg (220).

Gules, an escutcheon azure and overall an escarbuncle Or, von Schönberg (122).

Or, a double-headed eagle sable surmounted by an escutcheon azure charged with a capital K argent, Kempten (219).

Or, a double-headed eagle sable surmounted by an escutcheon azure charged with a capital W argent, Schwebisch Wörth (219).

Quarterly 1st and 4th argent, a demi-horse contourny gules, 2nd and 3rd gules, a yoke Or, overall an escutcheon azure charged with a cross patty Or, von Petschach (38).

Quarterly 1st and 4th chevronelly and per pale Or and azure, 2nd and 3rd per pale argent and per pale gules and argent, in dexter an eagle gules, overall an escutcheon azure charged with a tower argent, die Griespeckn (44).

Quarterly 1st and 4th sable, a rose Or, 2nd and 3rd Or, a crown atop a trimount sable, overall on an escutcheon azure, a houseboat Or, H. Segker (34).

Quarterly 1st and 4th sable, an eagle Or, 2nd and 3rd gules, eight banners four and four in saltire Or hafted sable, overall an escutcheon azure charged with a fess Or between six lozenges argent, von Schwendi (25).

Quarterly 1st and 4th sable, three arrows inverted in fess gules overall a fess argent, 2nd and 3rd azure, a griffin Or, overall an escutcheon azure charged with a flame issuant from base argent, von Greiffenperg (40).


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