Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 2v

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Heraldry, Dutch: George van Egmont -- Heraldry of George van Egmont, quarterly 1 and 4, or six chevronels gules; 2, or a bend gules; 3, argent two fess embattled gules; overall charged with escutcheon, per pale, azure lion rampant or, and, or lion rampant sable; surmounted by bishop’s hat and tassels, flanked by two upright unicorns, all on grassy mound, against blue background. Miniature surrounded by frame decorated with sixteen escutcheons, clockwise from left: 1) Heraldry, Dutch: Muers -- Heraldry of Muers, or a fess sable, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned MVERS. 2) Heraldry, Dutch: George van Egmont -- Heraldry of George van Egmont, quarterly 1 and 4, or six chevronels gules; 2, or a bend gules; 3, argent two fess embattled gules; overall charged with escutcheon, per pale, azure lion rampant or, and, or lion rampant sable; surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned EGMONT. Motto on unfurling scroll inscribed PIETATEM EXERCE (Exercise piety). 3) Heraldry, Dutch: Werdenberg -- Heraldry of Werdenberg, gules a label three point argent, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned WERDENBERG. 4) Heraldry, Dutch: Baden -- Heraldry of Baden, or a bend gules, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned BADEN. 5) Heraldry, Dutch: Wienberg -- Heraldry of Wienberg, or three ermine sable, captioned WIENBERG. 6) Heraldry, Dutch: Oestenruc -- Heraldry of Oestenruc, gules a fess argent, surmounted by crown in ermine, captioned OESTENRVC. 7) Heraldry, Dutch: Simmeren -- Heraldry of Simmeren, azure a lion rampant or with left paw holding halberd, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned SIMMEREN. 8) Heraldry, Dutch: Marzav -- Heraldry of Marzav, gules a displayed eagle argent and or, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned MARZAV. 9) Heraldry, Dutch: Brandenberg -- Heraldry of Brandenberg, argent a displayed eagle sable, gules and or, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned BRANDENBERG. 10) Heraldry, Dutch: Lorainen -- Heraldry of Lorainen, or a bend gules charged with three Martlets displayed argent, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned LORAINEN. Enclosed by frame, unidentified escutcheon of gules a cross argent. 11) Heraldry, Dutch: Bergh -- Heraldry of Bergh, quarterly, 1 and 4, or a lion rampant sable tongued gules; 2 and 3, argent a lion rampant gules; overall charged with escutcheon argent three chevronels gules, captioned BERGH. 12) Heraldry, Dutch: Gulic -- Heraldry of Gulic, or a lion rampant sable tongued gules, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned GVLIC. 13) Heraldry, Dutch: Zarwerden -- Heraldry of Zarwerden, sable double headed swan, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned ZAWERDEN. 14) Heraldry, Dutch: Liningen -- Heraldry of Liningen, azure charged with three eaglets argent displayed, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned LININGEN. 15) Heraldry, Dutch: Cleve -- Heraldry of Cleve, per pale, gules, an escarbuncle or, over all an escucheon argent; and or a fess checky gules and argent, surmounted by jeweled crown, captioned CLEVE. 16) Heraldry, Dutch: Erkel -- Heraldry of Erkel, argent two fess embattled gules, surmounted by jeweled crown.