Crests 1370s: Part 2

http://lalanguedublason.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/armoriaux-anciens.html

A beautiful collection of 14th century crests and heraldic shields. My favourites are the floppy ear happy/snappy dog, the white eared, blue donkey and the the bent seahorse cannon horn. 

Interestingly, the helms are shown in a few different positions. 

There are 

* 4 helms depicted facing directly front on, 

* 5 more depicted slightly forward of profile 

* 14 shown side on, in profile

* 4 helms are absent

The Deering Roll

This is thought to be the earliest heraldic roll of it's kind. It shows the devices but no crests.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DeringRoll.jpg

Also try
http://www.bsswebsite.me.uk/History/Dering/deringroll.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dering_Roll

Extant Crest: The Black Prince

When Edward III died in 1376, several items of heraldic display were arranged adorning his tomb. Among them, is a crest. It is a leather formed leopard, covered in gesso and gilt. This is one of the extant items I looked at when planning how to make

Here is the website that gives a bit more history and shows a reproduction.
http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_mow_bp.html

Here is a discussion where the author of the above page shows his reproduction crest and talks with Armour Archive members about armour mirroring contemporary fashions and people's interest in wearing crests in combat now.
http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=5265

This page shows some photographs of the original items in the wall case of Canterbury Cathedral.
http://piersperrotgaveston.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/canterbury-cathedral.html

Crests in Saint Georges chapel

This chapel has a long history, and many kinds of heraldic display. The website states that some of the stall plates below are from as early as 1348 or as recent as a few years ago.

Spanish heraldic blog

http://heraldistas.blogspot.com.au/2010/02/libro-de-la-cofradia-de-los-caballeros.html

Wow. This blog is written by a Spanish man, Fernando Martinez Larranaga, and is full of great images of crests, barding, trappings and other heraldic items.

The following images were from the post labelled, 'Book of the brotherhood of the Knights of Santiago', also known as 'Libro de los Caballeros de Santiago'. http://www.facsimilefinder.com/export/pdf/446 lists the book as being created in 1388 and completed by 1600. You can order a copy and see previews of this and other manuscripts for sale, here.

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A mixed colour feather plume on a horses brow, matching his rider's hat trim. There is also another horse with a more modest feathered plume.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2OUNS_oUcp4rBcUrebVzn9eQz6Q8hxTWGRs6hcflXfnGYmsiveYiV2d6XlfnHeVZ1u6df8bm0oFSgh23uS9VjqcDaDizZtpbmPhyphenhyphen_HvyxVquI3J06XAR1QEUPW5fdzV0m4DtN-275Rsg/s400/FOLIO50-GONZALEZ-LOPEZ.jpg

I think those are bells on the caparison, along the spine.

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It is the feathers I am noticing, here.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HfVIb0ah1EJlr9H9RUPjVqrcjJx7xfaMY0mvoxVm3Nfobfca1shk2rMexadBheR9IGN4mEZwnYin50NI17jJf15hQhqnCnxcXdvYav_V2sUMNrpEQtGk7HbupBrSbkohLiN0nsw1LkC7/s400/foto11.jpg

Helm crests in stock photos

Who would ever have thought a stock photo webpage would have images we could use for this project! In future, I would seriously consider going to a page like this for a new project and having a look for image names and other resources that could be useful.

http://www.superstock.com/stock-photography/Medieval%20Coat%20Of%20Arms

Heraldry websites

Since crests are firmly linked to the heraldry that inspires their creation, I have been having a look around at some heraldic pages. The page below has some entries that are relevant to our time, including some interesting modern heraldic uses.

http://blog.appletonstudios.com/2013_05_01_archive.html

Crests in 1370s

As always, I am collecting resource images in decade groups. If an image has an uncertain time of creation, I have chosen to catalogue it based on the latest date. Here are some helm adornments from 1350-1359.

I have attempted to include correct references. Please contact me if you have any comments or queries. 

1350-1375 Germany

http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4500/13143/

I like the realistic way the tunic is caught up on the saddle as he sits on it - it is a refreshing change from so many images where everyone's clothing sits perfectly, even as they fly off their horse to their death. Also, banana hat. Bowl-cut fringe horse. That is all. 

1372 Germany

http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4892/14215/

Possibly the wheel of life or some other wheel reference vs a sun moon, day night representation. Interesting plain, single tailed mantling, too. Great colours!

1370 Italy

http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4423/10367/

Are these letters on their helms? Or some other kind of symbol?

Crests in 1440s: Part 4

http://verdacciostudio.com/?artist=unknown

This webpage shows small images of several heraldic outfits, listed as 1435-1440. I cannot, however, see the document they originally come from. So here are the small pictures, with notice that they may not be useful.

        

     

Crests at other times

There are plenty of other images that are within range of the 15th century but outside the focus time.

http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/645f9/   15th C carvings representing a German roll of arms, found in the Saaremaa Historical Museum in Estonia

The following images are from

 http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/0001/bsb00016900/images/index.html?id=00016900&fip=63.77.85.254&no=239&seite=1

via http://www.modaruniversity.org/Crests.htm listed as "mid-1500s"

http://www.wappenbuch.de/

This colour edition of a heraldic roll of arms (wappenbuch) does not have a time listed, though I suspect it is well out of our focus time. Another website,  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Siebmachers-Wappenbuch/144923885518048# , lists it as having a 1605 completion date. There are a lot of pages from this book on the site, as well as a signet ring engraving service.

The 17th Century second volume can be found at http://www.wappenbuch.com/

http://www.armorial.dk/german/Grunenberg.pdf

This armorial book was created for Konrad Grunenberg, and was completed in 1483. The article on this page is a very detailed break down of the various families outlined in the text, as well as discussion of the later editions and copies of the text. A complete colour copy of an early facsimilie, from 1603, can be found here:

http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0003/bsb00034952/images/index.html?id=00034952&fip=xdsydxdsydenxdsydewqewqeayaeayaeayaxsen&no=6&seite=21

There are some beautiful crests in this book but I am unable to show them to you here. It is worth a good look through the web book above.

'Phantasiewappen' This is the concept of invented arms for fictitious or legendary people. What a great term.

History Up Close - webpage with heraldic links

http://www.historyupclose.com/heraldry_images.htm

This beautiful heraldry link has categorised links from 1291 to the sixteenth century. The two images below are the ones most relevant to crest building in the mid fifteenth century.




http://www.historyupclose.com/images/heraldry%20images/15thC-late.jpg
I don't know where this comes from (document or country). It is stylistically similar to other 15th C examples.




http://www.historyupclose.com/images/heraldry%20images/15thC-late_Hyghalmen-Roll-of-arms.jpg
More mantling with animal, human and object models rising from the helm.

The Scheibler Armorial

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scheibler_Armorial

The author says that the document has an older part from 1450-1480 and a newer section, reflected in the publishing date of 1605. It is like a roll of arms and shows crests on helms for various German people from the Southern region known as Swabia.
'In den meisten Fällen wurden Wappen aus dem Scheiblerschen Wappenbuch (älterer Teil 1450 -1480) oder aus Siebmachers Wappenbuch (1605) gewählt.'
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_schw%C3%A4bischer_Adelsgeschlechter/L

Here are a few. Please check the original site for the full range. There are so many. I would like to find a book of this document. Better get looking...