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Emperor Rudolf II. elevates Georg Spiegel, an agent of the Archduke Matthias in the imperial court, to a noble state, awards him the coat of arms and predicate von Ehrnstain

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Character: description, miniature in the middle of the leaf, 106 x 121 mm. Divided and double-glazed shield. 1., 3. and 5. in black the spider pen is of natural colors. 2. 4. and 6. the field is golden. On the gable rests a crowned Tournament helmet with black - gold blankets. The jewel is a natural peacock. The miniature is in a golden frame. The emblem is placed in a purple arcade standing on a purple floor. The arcade pillars are prism and have a blue lining plinth in which a gold medallion with a white rose with black seed is seen. Faith stands on the plinth on the right. It has a blue - white outermost and green lower dress, light brown hair and a purple cloak that meets it from its left shoulder. He is a bosa, in the right he holds a red cross with a golden shadow, in the left he holds a golden, red-shaded chalice. On the plinth on the left stands a Madonna with a baby in her arms. It is cast in a purple upper and green lower dress, over the left shoulder and the whole left arm, which is held by a brown-haired child, has a white cloak, which is held by his right hand. He has light brown hair shrouded in a white sheet clasped over the face with a gold jewel. He is a bosa. Partly behind Madonna is a little girl in a red, gold-embroidered dress with a white collar. He has brown hair and purple hair on it - a white spinach. He holds a bundle of blue and red flowers in his right hand. The stilts of the columns are unloaded in gold, the golds are also practiced on the vault. In the right-hand exercise, the obliquely inclined sign of Uher is: polceno, on the right five times divided in red and silver, on the left there is a cross on the green triple. A golden leaf crown rests on the shield. In the left exercise there is the emblem of Bohemia: in the red shield there is a silver double-tailed, gold-crowned lion with red tongue and gold armor. A golden leaf crown rests on the shield. A green wreath inside with an imperial coat of arms is attached to the main vault: in gold there is a black eagle with a golden armor crowned by an imperial crown, in the right joint it holds an iron sword with a golden elf and auspices, in the left joint a golden scepter, on the breast it carries a red Spanish label with a silver crossbar. On the floor lies below the trophy emblem. The trophy on the right consists of: two brown tympands covered with gray-brown membranes, a green and red golden point banner, a bronze cannon from which only the barrel can be seen, and a pile of iron cannonballs. The trophy on the left consists of: an iron kyrysu inside a lined red, an iron helmet, two cannonballs, a white and yellow gold spike battalion and a black - yellow drum covered with a gray-yellow membrane. The background of the miniature is blue.  
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Title: Emperor Rudolf II. elevates Georg Spiegel, an agent of the Archduke Matthias in the imperial court, to a noble state, awards him the coat of arms and predicate von Ehrnstain
Description:
Character: description, miniature in the middle of the leaf, 106 x 121 mm.
Divided and double-glazed shield.
1.
, 3.
and 5.
in black the spider pen is of natural colors.
2.
4.
and 6.
the field is golden.
On the gable rests a crowned Tournament helmet with black - gold blankets.
The jewel is a natural peacock.
The miniature is in a golden frame.
The emblem is placed in a purple arcade standing on a purple floor.
The arcade pillars are prism and have a blue lining plinth in which a gold medallion with a white rose with black seed is seen.
Faith stands on the plinth on the right.
It has a blue - white outermost and green lower dress, light brown hair and a purple cloak that meets it from its left shoulder.
He is a bosa, in the right he holds a red cross with a golden shadow, in the left he holds a golden, red-shaded chalice.
On the plinth on the left stands a Madonna with a baby in her arms.
It is cast in a purple upper and green lower dress, over the left shoulder and the whole left arm, which is held by a brown-haired child, has a white cloak, which is held by his right hand.
He has light brown hair shrouded in a white sheet clasped over the face with a gold jewel.
He is a bosa.
Partly behind Madonna is a little girl in a red, gold-embroidered dress with a white collar.
He has brown hair and purple hair on it - a white spinach.
He holds a bundle of blue and red flowers in his right hand.
The stilts of the columns are unloaded in gold, the golds are also practiced on the vault.
In the right-hand exercise, the obliquely inclined sign of Uher is: polceno, on the right five times divided in red and silver, on the left there is a cross on the green triple.
A golden leaf crown rests on the shield.
In the left exercise there is the emblem of Bohemia: in the red shield there is a silver double-tailed, gold-crowned lion with red tongue and gold armor.
A golden leaf crown rests on the shield.
A green wreath inside with an imperial coat of arms is attached to the main vault: in gold there is a black eagle with a golden armor crowned by an imperial crown, in the right joint it holds an iron sword with a golden elf and auspices, in the left joint a golden scepter, on the breast it carries a red Spanish label with a silver crossbar.
On the floor lies below the trophy emblem.
The trophy on the right consists of: two brown tympands covered with gray-brown membranes, a green and red golden point banner, a bronze cannon from which only the barrel can be seen, and a pile of iron cannonballs.
The trophy on the left consists of: an iron kyrysu inside a lined red, an iron helmet, two cannonballs, a white and yellow gold spike battalion and a black - yellow drum covered with a gray-yellow membrane.
The background of the miniature is blue.
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