Emperor Ferdinand II exalts the brothers Christoff Maximilian and Herwardt, their sister Barbara, their aunt Marie Salome and their uncle Andre Gottfridt and Georg Sigmundt Regala von Kränichsfeldt to the status of free masters and mistress, and improves

Character: description on folk. 5b - 6b, miniature on folk. 6a, 130 x 138 mm. A quartered gable with a golden heart label in which the silver is a winged, crowned 3) crane. 1. and 4. in gold, half of a black eagle with a black tongue 4), above which is a golden crown. 2. and 3. in silver there is a center-facing arm up to an elbow clad in a red sleeve whose edge is bent and golden, the arm holds a golden buzycan 5). Three golden crowned Turnachian helmets rest on the gable. Jewellery: I. black, right-looking eagle with red tongue 4), black blankets - golden. II. a crane from the gable, red - gold blankets. III. a red wing on which the silver spike is situated horizontally, a point to the right, and in it one sees arms from the shield, the red - silver blankets. The miniature consists of a painting of the emblem and is bounded on the sides by a golden line respecting the mirror of the text. 1) The missing part is supplemented by AVA, Adelsarchiv, Regal zu Kranichsfeld, folk. 12. - 2) Datation supplemented by AVA, Adelsarchiv, Regal zu Kranichsfeld, fol. 26. - 3) In the miniature the crown is golden. - 4) In the miniature the eagle has a golden beak underside. - 5) The miniature shows a natural colour.