Bremen Armorial
Reference code
MSS/0363
Title
Bremen Armorial
Date
18th century
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
ff. ii + 97.
Folio.
Leather binding, brown, gilt-tooled, edges gilt. Franks bookplate, fol. ii.
Folio.
Leather binding, brown, gilt-tooled, edges gilt. Franks bookplate, fol. ii.
Scope and content
'Das Wapen Buch der Herren Elterlutte wie auch alle Empter Wapen' (fol. 1). Arms of officials of Bremen, with notes on each, arranged chronologically from 1408-1727, fols. 3-70v (with an index, fols. 71-4), and arms of the guilds of the city, fols. 75-94v; 18th century. German. Arms in colour on engraved shields. Frontispiece (fol. 2) of the arms of Bremen (? as an Imperial free city), with the motto, 'Unter diesem Beschützer ruhe ich sicher'. List of preachers in Bremen from 1522-1705, fols. 95-7v.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/363
Language
German