Here are the names from Sabine's 15th c. German armorial. Most of them were pretty straightforward to read, but minim confusion made a few of them a bit problematic, and I had to do a bit of digging to sort them out. At that point I decided that I might as well do a little extra work on all of them. In general I've identified modern forms of the names, and in many cases I've found documentary mention of a person with the right name at about the right time (late 14th or early 15th century), though of course I can't say whether it's actually the right person. I've also been able to make a couple of blazon corrections. Talan 1. Gules, a saltire argent: comes du vtinch These are the arms of Oettingen in Bayern, a Bavarian town that was once the seat of the House of Oettingen; the arms that I've found for the Grafen (Counts) of Oettingen are more complicated, but they do have the argent saltire, and, most telling, they have the crest, a gold hound's head with red ears, the visible ear charged with a saltire argent ([1], Gewölbefeld 15). I have no idea why it's instead of . 2. Gules, a ladder argent: Bartholomeus de la scala Canting arms. He belongs to the Bavarian branch of the Scaliger family, rulers of Verona from 1259 to 1387; the name is also found as , , and in German , and the Bavarian branch also translated the name to 'of the ladder'. A document dated 10 April 1419 names a ; I don't know whether it's the same person whose arms are shown here, but several other names from this armorial appear in the same document. [2] 3. Argent, a lion rampant sable, quartering gules crusily or, a bird rising argent: D[omi]n[u]s conradus pair miles I think it likely that this is Conrad Bayer von Boppard (to use a normalized spelling), who appears in a contemporary record as ([C], 213). (A letter in square brackets appears directly above the preceding letter in the original.) The index identifies Bu[o]chparten as Boppart, and the history of attested forms at confirms the identification. The black lion in the silver field is the old coat of Bayer von Boppard ([L], 8). Conrad added his maternal arms, 'a splendidly clothed arm in a red field, beside which he set golden crosses' (); my guess is that someone misinterpreted the embowed arm as a bird rising. (Siebmacher, 145) shows a red field charged with an armored arm embowed argent issuing from sinister chief and holding a gold ring. 4. Argent, on a bend sable three bezants: Ott pincznauuer Note that the same coat is assigned to (Nr. 23); for Pienzenau (Siebmacher, 97). This may perhaps be the who appears alongside in [C], p. 212; see Nr. 27. In 1388 an was Vitztum in Upper Bavaria, a sort of regional judge appointed by the duke to try capital crimes, since the local lords exercised only low justice. [5] The arms can also be seen in the 1625 Chronik der Wernberger Linie at ; click on 'Verzeichnis der Adels-Wappen', then on any of the links at 'Pientzenau'. 5. Per fess argent and azure: Stephanus miher This appears to be an error for . The arms and crest agree with those given by Siebmacher (97) for (von) Schmihen. The modern form of the place-name is , and the potted history at says the Herren von Schmiechen were one of the most important families of the region in the 14th and early 15th centuries, adding that the names and occur frequently in the family. It notes in particular Stephan der Jüngere (the Younger), ~1390-1423, the most significant member of the family and the last in the male line. However, another historical article on the site says that he was living in 1426: A document of 1388 is sealed by the brothers and and by (see Nr. 4). [5] 6. Per chevron throughout ployé per pale azure and gules and argent: Henricus absperger A is mentioned in [C], p. 213, in a group that includes , , , , , and (see Nrs. 3, 8, 12, 32, 14, 33). The arms are those of the Franconian family von Absberg. 7. Per fess argent and gules: Robertus fradenberger The arms and crest are given by Siebmacher (97) for Freidenberg, but family is better known as (von) Freudenberg. 8. Per fess sable and argent, a pair of arms palewise embowed counterchanged: D[omi]n[u]s iohannes marx The arms and crest match those of Marx von Eckwersheim (Siebmacher, 216). A is listed in [C], p. 213, in a group that also includes , , , , , and (see Nrs. 3, 12, 32, 6, 14, 33). 9. Argent, in saltire two eagle's legs inverted couped à la quise: Georgius hal The arms match those of Hael von Suntheim (Siebmacher, 135), and the crest is similar. 10. Barry of six argent and azure: Vielandus svvelher witnessed a document in 1419; the document was signed by Seitz Marschalk v. Oberndorff (see Nr. 15). [3] is a modern spelling. 11. Azure, three bezants and a chief argent: Ebrardus de freiberg A document dated 10 April 1419 names an ; I don't know whether it's the same person whose arms are shown here, but several other names from this armorial appear in the same document. [2] Siebmacher (132) shows these arms and crest for (von) Freyberg von Eisenberg. 12. Per fess sable and argent: ffridericus schenk The arms and crest match those given by Siebmacher (121) for Schenk von Geyern. A [C] is mentioned in [C], p. 213, in a group that includes , , , , , and (see Nrs. 3, 8, 32, 6, 14, 33); is an old pet form of , and it seems possible that is a slightly mangled version of , which Siebmacher actually spells . The arms of Schenk von Geyern () as shown in the Scheiblersches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 13. Gules, a rake argent: Erginger rechenberger Canting arms: is 'a rake'. The standard form of the forename is . An Erkinger von Rechenberg sold the Veste Limburg to Burggraf Friedrich von Nürnberg in 1405. The arms as shown in the Scheiblersches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 14. Or, in pale two lions passant gardant gules: Jacobus valfstrainer The coat is identical to that of (Nr. 19), given by Siebmacher (39) for Wolfstein, so is presumably a scribal error for . A is mentioned in [C], p. 213, in a group that includes , , , , and (see Nrs. 3, 8, 12, 32, 33). The arms can also be seen in the 1625 Chronik der Wernberger Linie at ; click on 'Verzeichnis der Adels-Wappen', then on '28' at 'Wolfstein'. The arms as shown in the Scheiblersches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 15. Vair (square) in pale: Sifridus marschalk de oberndorf A document of 1419 was signed by Seitz Marschalk v. Oberndorff and witnessed by Wieland Swelher (see Nr. 10). [3] is from older , a pet form of (Latinized ), the usual MHG form of . Note that the arms and crest are the same as in Nrs. 18 and 20. The 16th century Zimmerische Chronik (Zimmern Chronicle) says that is named in a document of 1407. The modern spelling is . The arms as shown in the Scheiblersches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 16. Lozengy bendwise or and gules: Vvaltherus de konigseik The arms and crest are those given by Siebmacher (45) for Königseck, but the family is better known as (von) Königsegg. A Walther von Königsegg held Ratzenried in 1419. , apparently the same person, sealed a document in 1399. [6] 17. Vair in pale: Haupt marschalk de pappenhaim The 16th century Zimmerische Chronik (Zimmern Chronicle) says that and his sons and are named in a document of 1407, and [C], p. 197, mentions . 18. Vair (square) in pale: Sifridus marscalk de ganshaim Note that the arms and crest are the same as in Nrs. 15 and 20. 19. Or, in pale two lions passant gardant gules: Albertus wolfstainer The arms and crest are identical to those of [sic] (Nr. 14); the arms match those given by Siebmacher (39) for Wolfstein, and the crest differs only in tincture from one of the two given by Siebmacher. The lion in base may actually be rampant, rather than forced into a slightly more upright posture by the shape of the shield: the photograph of the funerary shield of Konrad von Wolfstein, probably the brother of a man who died in 1322, at clearly shows a lion passant in chief and a lion rampant in base, described as 'a lion walking above one standing upright'. Moreover, the arms of the Landeskreis (administrative district) Neumarkt are drawn in part from the oldest von Wolfstein seal, dating from 1292, which shows two lions, 'of which the upper is shown walking, the lower upright'. The arms can also be seen in the 1625 Chronik der Wernberger Linie at ; click on 'Verzeichnis der Adels-Wappen', then on '28' at 'Wolfstein'. The arms as shown in the Scheiblersches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 20. Vair (square) in pale: Engelhardus marschalk Note that the arms and crest are the same as in Nrs. 15 and 18. 21. Gules, on a fess argent a bar sable: Cristoffulus layminger These are indeed the arms of the Laiming family. (click on 'Verzeichnis der Adels-Wappen', then on any of the links at 'Laiming') The arms as shown in the Scheiblersches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 22. Gules, on a bend argent three seeblätter vert: Johannes gumppenb[er]ger For Gumpenberg (Siebmacher, 45). The arms can also be seen, reversed, in the 1625 Chronik der Wernberger Linie at ; click on 'Verzeichnis der Adels-Wappen', then on either link at 'Gumppenberg'. The arms as shown in the Scheiblersches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 23. Argent, on a bend sable three bezants: flach piencznaier Note that the same coat is assigned above (Nr. 4); for Pienzenau (Siebmacher, 97). 24. Per pale nebuly gules and or: Haimran haslanger The Haslang arms (with the tinctures reversed, and urdy instead of nebuly) can be seen in the 1625 Chronik der Wernberger Linie at ; click on 'Verzeichnis der Adels-Wappen', then on '44r' at 'Haslang'. The arms as shown in the Scheiblersches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 25. Per fess gules and per pale argent and sable: D[omi]n[u]s wernherus de parsperg miles This is (von) Parsberg (Siebmacher, 98), probably the Wern(h)er von Parsberg who visited the Council of Constance in 1415 and became Reichsschultheiss of Nürnberg in 1442. The arms can also be seen in the 1625 Chronik der Wernberger Linie at ; click on 'Verzeichnis der Adels-Wappen', then on '56' at 'Parsberg'. 26. Gules, a pale argent: Cristan fraunberger The arms can be seen in the 1625 Chronik der Wernberger Linie at ; click on 'Verzeichnis der Adels-Wappen', then on the first or last link at 'Fraunberg'. confirms the arms. mentions a Christian von Fraunberg-Haag who died in 1396. 27. Per fess embattled gules and argent: Radulfus presinger iunior The arms are those of Preysing (Siebmacher, 97). I shouldn't be surprised if this were the of a document of 1416. [4] This may be the who appears alongside in [C], p. 212; see Nr. 4. The arms can also be seen in the 1625 Chronik der Wernberger Linie at ; click on 'Verzeichnis der Adels-Wappen', then on any of the links at 'Preysing'. The arms as shown in the Scheiblerisches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 28. Argent, on a bend azure three Jew's hats argent: Albertus iudman The surname is , and the arms cant on 'Jew'. A document dated 10 April 1419 names an ; I don't know whether it's the same person whose arms are shown here, but several other names from this armorial appear in the same document. [2] The arms as shown in the Scheiblersches Wappenbuch (1450-1480): 29. Per chevron gules and sable, a chevron throughout argent: Stefanus pieffenhawser 30. Or, a marten salient proper: Haimran mugge[n]taler The identification of the charge and its tincture comes from ([1], Gewölbefeld 16). 31. Or, a demi-ram gules armed sable: fridrich von magenbuch The 16th century Zimmerische Chronik (Zimmern Chronicle) mentions a document sealed by in (or perhaps shortly after) 1395; is a pet form of . 32. Per fess argent and gules, in chief a bendlet sable (or perhaps 'Gules, on a chief argent a bendlet sable'): franes van steyn I am not entirely sure of the reading . However, a is mentioned in [C], p. 213, in a group that includes , , , , , and (see Nrs. 3, 8, 12, 6, 14, 33), and seems an even less likely reading. 33. Sable, a chief-pale argent: hilpolt mendorffer A is mentioned in [C], p. 213, in a group that includes , , , , , and (see Nrs. 3, 8, 12, 32, 6, 14). The arms are the counterchange of those given by Siebmacher (110) for Mendorff. 34. Gules, a lion rampant argent: D[omi]n[u]s iohan[n]es de beaufort c[a]ncellarius de sabaudia is the Latin name of Savoy. 35. Gules, on a cross argent five crescents azure: D[omi]n[u]s humbertus ba/stardus de sabaudia Immediately above the shield is , the motto of Humbert the Bastard of Savoy; it is apparently a more or less phonetic rendering of the Arabic for 'God is just'. My correction of the tincture of the crescents is also based on the following source. 36. Or, a lion rampant sable: Marchionnatus missenenses This is the Mark (Marquisate) of Meissen; the field is gold. 37. Azure, a lion rampant barry argent and gules: Lantgraui[us] Duringe This is the Landgraviate (County) of Thuringia. 38. Or, two palets azure (Paly of five or and azure): Marchinatus Origental(is) This is Osterland (terra orientalis), a region in what is now eastern Thuringia and western Saxony. 39. Sable, an eagle displayed or: Comitatus palatini saxonie This is the Palatine County of Saxony. 40. Argent, a lion rampant sable: Comitatus de orlemonde This is the County of Orlamünde; the town of the same name is in Thuringia. 41. Argent, a rose gules seeded or: Burgrauis/us Alden/burchgen[cis] The slash represents a line break. Neither nor really makes sense in context, and I'm not at all sure that this isn't a scribal error. The arms are those of the Burggrafs of Altenburg, a city in Thuringia. 42. Argent plain: Barionat[us] ijsenburchgencis This could be for Isenburg, Eisenburg, or even a spelling with <-berg>; I've not been able to identify it, and I can't exclude the possibility that the arms are unfinished. (E.g, the counts of Isenburg in Hesse bore 'Argent, two bars sable'; .) 43. Azure, a lion rampant or(?) armed and langued gules: Barionatus plicenencis This is the Pleissenland (terra plisnensis), a region in western Saxony and eastern Thuringia. The legend at the bottom of the page is: Frideric[us] dei gracia Lantgraui[us]~ duringe ~ Marchie missenen= ses · et · Orientalis et ~ Comes palatin[us] saxonie~ This seems to be Friedrich, Markgraf von Meissen, Landgraf von Thüringen, Pfalzgraf von Sachsen, and from 1425 Kurfürst von Sachsen; he lived from 1370 to 1428, dying at Altenburg. 44. Vairy in pale or and gules, on a chief or an eagle displayed sable: lanscolot de bocheria This appears to be Lancillotto (Lancellotto, Lanciarotto) Beccaria (Becharia), Signore de Serravalle, a Ghibelline condottiere who died in 1418. In the two surviving mss. of the 'Fior di Battaglia' of Fiore dei Liberi his name is given as and , respectively. This is probably the same person who appears in [C], p. 195, as , with a footnote indicating that another version has . Lamparten is Lombardy; is a likely enough Alemannic version of , and and are often interchanged in hands of this period; and is presumably for . The chief is a so-called capo dell'Impero (chief of the Empire), denoting allegiance to the Ghibellines. I have a black-and-white photocopy of a reproduction of the armory in [C], and for Lantzelacy it does indeed show a vairy field with a chief charged with an eagle. 45. Vairy in pale or and gules, on a chief or an eagle displayed sable: Antonius de bocheria Presumably this is another (de) Beccaria; see Nr. 44. [1] [2] Novus Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis. Dritter Haupttheil, oder Urkundensammlung für die Geschichte der allgemeinen Landes- und kurfürstlichen Haus-Angelegenheiten. Adolph Friedrich Riedel. Vol. 1. (Berlin: G. Reimer, 1859) Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis: Sammlung der Urkunden, Chroniken und sonstigen Geschichtsquellen für die Geschichte der Mark Brandenburg und ihrer Regenten. The item in question is Nr. 80. [3] [4] Monumenta Boica. Volumen Decimum Octavum. Academia Scientiarum Boica. Monachii, 1808. Nr. CCLXXXIV, p. 327: [5] Monumenta Boica. Volumen Nonum. Academia Scientiarum Maximilianea. Monachii, 1767. Nr. CXX, pp. 217-9. [6] Wartmann, Hermann. Urkundenbuch der Abtei Sanct Gallen. Teil IV. Liferung III. 1392-1402. (St. Gallen: Fehr'schen Buchhandlung, 1894); Nr. 2177, pp. 576-7. [C] Ulrichs von Richental. Chronik des Constanzer Concils, 1414 bis 1418. Michael Richard Buck, ed. Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart CLVIII (Tübingen: Der Litterarische Verein in Stuttgart, 1882). [L] Grenser, Alfred. Armorial de Lorraine. Recueil des armes de l'ancienne chevalerie de Lorraine, d'après un manuscrit du noble Jean Callot, héraut d'armes du duc Charles II (Leipzig: M.G. Priber, 1863).