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.


STAFF - 2 or more

Argent, two staffs headed of fleurs-de-lys in saltire gules, von Venningen (122).

Azure, two clubs in saltire argent, von Keul (72).

Gules, two scepters in saltire Or, von Kirchberg (35).

Gules, two staves headed of fleurs-de-lys in saltire argent, von Remching (127).

Or, three ragged staffs sable issuant from a trimount vert, die Stangen von Trebach (161).

Or, two ragged staffs in saltire sable, Berka zu Taub von Leipp (28), die Birken (65).

Per pale argent and gules, in dexter a raven sable crowned and perched atop a trimount Or, in sinister three pilgrim's staves in fess proper tassled vert, die Rabensteiner von Wirsperg (108).

Per pale gules and Or, two staves headed of fleurs-de-lys in saltire counterchanged, von Wernsdorf (54).

Quarterly 1st and 4th per pale sable and barry argent and sable, in dexter a unicorn argent, 2nd and 3rd argent, two ragged staffs in saltire gules, die Rothen (117).

Sable, two pilgrim's staves in saltire argent topped Or, die Haynolt (55).

Sable, two staves headed of fleurs-de-lys in saltire Or, von Reibwitz (145).


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