Helm Crests

An exploration of making functional crests and their use in the fifteenth century.

Monday, 11 November 2013

Crests in the Codex Manesse

Images from the Manesse Codex are among the most well known of the period. Luckily, these illuminations show several helms. These images come from around 1340.

http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0243
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0243

http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0007
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/007

http://cottesimple.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/manesse_1_large.jpg

http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=2291

http://www.casabellini.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/manesse-codex-106.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Codex_Manesse_Bernger_von_Horheim.jpg

http://olvasmanyaid.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/lovagokrol.html

Image
http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1039
Check out those shoes!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Codex_Manesse_Johann_von_Brabant.jpg


Here are a couple of sites with more info on the Manesse Codex
http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/Englisch/allg/benutzung/bereiche/handschriften/codexmanesse.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Codex_Manesse

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Heilwich Gheerts
Heilwich Gheerts lived in Ghent during the fifteenth century. She was born 1420 and died 1482. Osk Ornsdotir lived in Birka during the early 10th Century. She enjoys watching the people who come to her island home, but doesn't envy the time they have to spend on boats. Her modern counterpart has been playing SCA in the Kingdom of Lochac since 2001, and is enjoying her second and third lives.
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