On Heraldica Nova Anna Pomierny Wąsińska has previously shown how heraldic imagery in Florence could operate as a form of political visual language. Discussing the abstract portrayal of Florence painted by Jacopo di Cione in the 1360s on the main vault of the Palazzo dell’Arte dei Giudici e Notai, she interprets this heraldic diagram as a “visual political treatise” that legitimised the hierarchy of communities and the city’s political...
This is the third and final installation of a blog series taking a closer look at the fictional coats of arms in the Getty Murúa. The first post explored the cultural and historic environment of the manuscript’s author, Martín de Murúa whereas the second blog entry examined the depicted coats of arms and attempted to place them in a broader sociocultural context of the Americas. This final essay scrutinizes...
This is the second of a three part blog post series dealing with the fictional coats of arms in the Getty Murúa. In the previous part, the manuscript itself, its author and his environment were examined. This installation takes a look at the depiction of coats of arms in the Getty Murúa and attempts to situate them within a broader sociocultural context of the Americas. The third and final part...
During the summer of last year, Torsten Hiltmann had the opportunity to undertake a research stay at the Getty Library. As part of this visit, he was also able to learn more about a particular manuscript—the Getty Murúa—and to examine the original at the Getty Museum, which is the focus of the following blog post. This manuscript was met with a lot of curiosity and gave rise to even...
Winter is here and the holidays are right around the corner. The cold, dark, and – at least in Germany – wet days are the perfect opportunity to dive into new readings on heraldry! We have done some research and compiled this list of articles and books on the topic. Since our last update, a number of interesting publications have been released and we would like to give you...
From 24th to 28th September 2024 the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences will take place in Boston. The Académie internationale d’héraldique (AIH) is pleased to offer two bursaries each amounting to a maximum of 1000 euros to assist early career scholars/professionals with travel, accommodation and registration at the Boston congress. One of these two bursaries will be co-financed by the AIH and the American Heraldry Society. Given...
Parmi les signes à travers lesquels l’individu exprime son identité à la fin du Moyen Âge, les devises intriguent et interrogent. Le caractère souvent insolite de leurs figures que l’on peine parfois à identifier et, dans de nombreux cas, les mots ou les chiffres qui leur sont associés, tant en latin qu’en vernaculaire, posent de fréquents problèmes de lecture et d’interprétation. Code emblématique créé entre Angleterre et France dans...
The days grow shorter and autumn is slowly making its presence felt. Are you still looking for the right reading on heraldry for the last days of summer? Perhaps you will find something suitable in this list: We have done a little research for you and compiled a list of articles and books in which heraldry plays a central role. Since our last update, a number of interesting...
Der vierte und letzte Teil meiner Serie (siehe hier für Teil 1, Teil 2 und Teil 3) begleitend zur Überarbeitung des Wikipedia-Artikels “Heraldik” ist der Geschichte dieser Disziplin im 20. Jahrhundert gewidmet. Hier gilt für den bisherigen Wikipedia-Artikel im wesentlichen das Gleiche, was ich schon in bezug auf das 19. Jahrhundert gesagt hatte: Wie die meisten Einführungen in die Heraldik hatte der Artikel bislang nichts zur Geschichte der Disziplin...
In fast allen Einführungen in die Heraldik, die zwischen den 1880er Jahren und bis in die Gegenwart erschienen sind, wird die Geschichte des eigenen Fachs mit sehr ähnlichen Schwerpunkten, oft auch sehr ähnlichen Worten meist knapp dargestellt. Bei aller Knappheit findet sich aber immer recht viel Raum für die mittelalterliche Geschichte der heraldik, oder zumindest für eine Darstellung verschiedener mittelalterlicher Entwicklungen und Ereignisse, die mehr oder minder assoziativ mit...
Heraldische Themen sind in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia mehr von heraldischen Lehrbüchern des 19. Jahrhunderts als den quellenkritischen Fortschritten der Geschichtswissenschaft im gleichen 19. Jahrhundert, der kulturwissenschaftlichen Wende im 20. Jahrhunderts oder den aktuellen Forschungen des 21. Jahrhunderts geprägt – so hatte ich in einem ersten Beitrag lamentiert, und um nicht nur zu lamentieren, auch einen Entwurf vorgestellt, was man besser machen könnte. Hier nun die Fortsetzung: Da der bisherige...
Some time ago, I started a little series on the Grünenberg armorial and its manuscripts. (Have a look here and here, if you like). As it turned out, Grünenberg’s work – which often is praised as one of the most important medieval armorials – is extant in relatively many manuscripts: in addition to the two famous copies at Munich and Berlin, Bernd Konrad, František Pícha, and I have identified...
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