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German armorial
Siebmachers Wappenbuch
(
German:
[?ziːpmax?s
?vapm?buːx]
) is a
roll of arms
first published in 1605 as two
heraldic
multivolume book series of armorial bearings or
coats of arms
of the
nobility
of the
Holy Roman Empire
, as well as coats of arms of
city-states
and some
burgher families
. Founded and compiled by
Johann Ambrosius Siebmacher
(1561 ? 23 March 1611), a German
heraldic artist
,
copperplate engraver
,
etcher
and
publisher
from
Nuremberg
, these works became an important source of heraldry of the German-speaking regions.
The Old Siebmacher
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The
Alter Siebmacher
was compiled 1605?1608, and represents the contemporary heraldry during the
final two centuries
of the Holy Roman Empire.
Its two volumes were completed by Johann Siebmacher. His work was continued to six volumes with additional supplements by Paul Furst, Wolfgang Gottlieb Furst, Rudolf Johann Helmers,
Christoph Weigel the Elder
and Gabriel Nikolaus Raspe. The supplemented works were also published under the titles of their respective publishers, such as:
Furstsches Wappenbuch
,
Helmersches Wappenbuch
,
Weigelsches Wappenbuch
or
Raspes Wappenbuch
.
The New Siebmacher
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The
Neuer Siebmacher
,
Siebmachers großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch
was compiled 1854?1967 by
Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt
,
Maximilian Gritzner
, and Gustav A Seyler. The
General-Index
of the whole work has been edited by Hanns Jager-Sunstenau.
Later
Ottfried Neubecker
had published all burgher arms of the New Siebmacher without the text as a sort of illustrated glossary organized by the heraldic charges.
See also
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References
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- Siebmacher, Johann; Appuhn, Horst (1999).
Johann Siebmachers Wappenbuch von 1605
(Johann Siebmachers Wappenbuch 1605 ed.). Munchen: Orbis. pp. 191?192.
ISBN
3-572-10050-X
.
- Siebmacher, Johann (1998).
Handbuch der Heraldik: Wappenfibel
(Nineteenth ed.). Neustadt an der Aisch: Degener & Co.
ISBN
3-7686-7014-7
.
- Siebmacher, Johann (1975).
Johann Siebmachers Wappen-Buch: Alle 6 Teile mit Anhang, Register und allen Erweiterungen bis zum Abschluss der Stammausgabe von 1772
(Faksimile-Nachdruck der 1701/05 bei Rudolph Helmers in Nurnberg erschienenen Ausgabe. ed.). Munchen: Battenberg-Verlag.
ISBN
3-87045-098-3
.
- Jager-Sunstenau, Hanns (1984).
General-Index zu den Siebmacherschen Wappenbuchern 1605-1967
. Graz: Akademische Druck und Verlagsanst.
ISBN
3-201-00009-4
.
- Neubecker, Ottfried (1985).
Grosses Wappen-Bilder-Lexikon der burgerlichen Geschlechter Deutschlands, Osterreichs und der Schweiz
. Munchen: Battenberg.
ISBN
3-87045-906-9
.
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