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Heraldica Nova

Tagged: Milan

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Articles / English / Workshop: Heraldry in the Medieval City (Rome 2015)

[Paper:] Philippa Woodcock (Warwick), Heraldry and Regime Change: the Trivulzio Chapel at San Nazaro, Milan, 1499-1522

Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, a disaffected Milanese mercenary in French service was appointed as Governor of Milan for Louis XII in 1499. As the duchy’s leading aristocrat he commissioned heraldic tapestries, medals and emblazoned campaign tents. The symbols of Ludovico Sforza’s Milan were effaced or defaced, just as the evidence of French rule would be covered over by emblems of subsequent regime change, under Sforza, Spanish and Austrian rulers.  ​ This...

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Articles / English / Workshop: Heraldic Artists and Painters in the Middle Ages (Poitiers 2014)

Roland, Martin (Vienna): Illuminated charters, heraldry and artistic excellence

Artistic quality is not necessary in order to be considered a good heraldic painter. Too much creative transformation is not what a patron seeks when he orders a coat of arms. Such is the standard opinion, and this is true within the field of illuminated charters as well. But standard explanations are never sufficient for artefacts of the highest rank. And this also holds good for the field I...

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Articles / Deutsch / Reviews / The Performance of Coats of Arms (Torsten Hiltmann)

Propaganda im mittelalterlichen Mailand – das Wappen der Visconti

Die Schlange der Visconti ist ein noch heute sehr bekanntes, in italienischen Firmenlogos weiterlebendes Wappenbild. Auf den ersten Blick scheint es gerade durch seine einzigartige Komposition leicht zu entschlüsseln. Bei einer näheren Beschäftigung zeigt sich jedoch, wie schwer eine eindeutige Datierung und Herkunftsbestimmung dieses Wappenbildes ist. So ergeben sich bereits bei der Identifizierung des Wappentieres Probleme: Handelt es sich nun um eine Schlange? Einen Drachen? Die heraldische Bezeichnung „biscione“...