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The Archduke of Austria and Duke of Styria Karel elevates Paul Michouitschitsch to a noble state and awards him a coat of arms

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Character: description, miniature in the middle of the leaf, 88 x 116 mm. In the blue shield half a golden lion with red tongue. On the gable rests a Tournament helmet with blue - gold - red blankets and a spin of the same tinctures. The jewel is a naked human arm holding a naked rapier 1) with a golden elf and a basket. The miniature is in a yellow frame. White, gray-marbled columns with a pink shadow on their left side rise along its edges. The columns stand on cuboid plinths, growing out of double yellow acanthus, and are cylindrical. A similar double yellow acanthus forms the column head. In the middle of the upper edge of the miniature there is a yellow mascolaron in the shape of a lion’s head with a red tongue, from whose mouth two cords hang, on each side one, steel colors, which are attached in the acanthus barrel of columns. The purse of the cords is green leaf with yellow, red pink, white and brown fruits. The background of the miniature is purple, damaged by a darker hue. Yellow nails are hammered in the corners of the frame. 1) In the miniature the hand is painted with a complexion paint and the blade of the rapier is iron.
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Title: The Archduke of Austria and Duke of Styria Karel elevates Paul Michouitschitsch to a noble state and awards him a coat of arms
Description:
Character: description, miniature in the middle of the leaf, 88 x 116 mm.
In the blue shield half a golden lion with red tongue.
On the gable rests a Tournament helmet with blue - gold - red blankets and a spin of the same tinctures.
The jewel is a naked human arm holding a naked rapier 1) with a golden elf and a basket.
The miniature is in a yellow frame.
White, gray-marbled columns with a pink shadow on their left side rise along its edges.
The columns stand on cuboid plinths, growing out of double yellow acanthus, and are cylindrical.
A similar double yellow acanthus forms the column head.
In the middle of the upper edge of the miniature there is a yellow mascolaron in the shape of a lion’s head with a red tongue, from whose mouth two cords hang, on each side one, steel colors, which are attached in the acanthus barrel of columns.
The purse of the cords is green leaf with yellow, red pink, white and brown fruits.
The background of the miniature is purple, damaged by a darker hue.
Yellow nails are hammered in the corners of the frame.
1) In the miniature the hand is painted with a complexion paint and the blade of the rapier is iron.

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