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Empress Maria Theresa elevates the appeal advice of Johann Wenzl von Waßmuth to the status of free lords, grants him predicates Freyherr and Wohlgebohrn and improves his coat of arms

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Character: description on folk. 7b - 8b, miniature on folk. 7a, 177 x 298 mm. A split shield. Gold on top - black pollen with two wings of opposite tinctures. Below is in a red bust of a naked man with long hair 2). On the gable rests the crown of free lords and on it the crowned Turnajská nálba with black - gold and red - gold blankets. Two open wings, the right golden and the left black, stand out from the crown of the naked human arm 3) holding two inverted snakes. The miniature is in a golden frame. The emblem stands on a brown, green marble inlaid with a Baroque pedestal decorated with golden rosettes, which grows from the bottom of the frame. Behind it is a floor of pink and gray marbled tiles laid on a gray base. Behind the floor is a landscape with a river. On the grassy side of the river grow trees, at the coniferous emblem, on the right two with one stump, on the left one with one stump, and at the edge of the miniature one deciduous. On the far bank stands a homestead on each side of the emblem on the gentle hillsides of the river, the homestead on the right being partially demolished. Mountains are praying on the horizon. Above the mountains there is a blue sky with ruined clouds. The whole scene is lined with magenta draperia with golden fringes, cords and stirrups. Three cartouches cross the edge of the frame at the top. The middle one carries an oval shield with a caesarean emblem: in gold a black eagle with red tongues, on the breast it carries an oval red label with a silver crossbar, which is crowned by a princely crown and wrapped with the Golden Fleece Order. The side cartouches are smaller and lower perched than the middle cartouche. They carry round shields and are crowned by pagan crowns. In the right cartouche is the emblem of Uher: polceno, on the right in the red four silver crossbar, on the left in the red there is a silver patriarch cross on the green, gold-crowned triple top. In the left cartouche is the emblem of Bohemia: in red silver double-tailed, gold-crowned lion with red tongue. 1) Datation supplemented by: SÚA, Salbuchy Fund, Sal 204/573 '- 581’. - 2) In the miniature there is a man of natural color, he has a short brown chin and a mustache, brown eyes, his hair is brown, he is greyish above the forehead. - 3) The miniature contains a natural colour. - 4) In the miniature snakes are green.  
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Title: Empress Maria Theresa elevates the appeal advice of Johann Wenzl von Waßmuth to the status of free lords, grants him predicates Freyherr and Wohlgebohrn and improves his coat of arms
Description:
Character: description on folk.
7b - 8b, miniature on folk.
7a, 177 x 298 mm.
A split shield.
Gold on top - black pollen with two wings of opposite tinctures.
Below is in a red bust of a naked man with long hair 2).
On the gable rests the crown of free lords and on it the crowned Turnajská nálba with black - gold and red - gold blankets.
Two open wings, the right golden and the left black, stand out from the crown of the naked human arm 3) holding two inverted snakes.
The miniature is in a golden frame.
The emblem stands on a brown, green marble inlaid with a Baroque pedestal decorated with golden rosettes, which grows from the bottom of the frame.
Behind it is a floor of pink and gray marbled tiles laid on a gray base.
Behind the floor is a landscape with a river.
On the grassy side of the river grow trees, at the coniferous emblem, on the right two with one stump, on the left one with one stump, and at the edge of the miniature one deciduous.
On the far bank stands a homestead on each side of the emblem on the gentle hillsides of the river, the homestead on the right being partially demolished.
Mountains are praying on the horizon.
Above the mountains there is a blue sky with ruined clouds.
The whole scene is lined with magenta draperia with golden fringes, cords and stirrups.
Three cartouches cross the edge of the frame at the top.
The middle one carries an oval shield with a caesarean emblem: in gold a black eagle with red tongues, on the breast it carries an oval red label with a silver crossbar, which is crowned by a princely crown and wrapped with the Golden Fleece Order.
The side cartouches are smaller and lower perched than the middle cartouche.
They carry round shields and are crowned by pagan crowns.
In the right cartouche is the emblem of Uher: polceno, on the right in the red four silver crossbar, on the left in the red there is a silver patriarch cross on the green, gold-crowned triple top.
In the left cartouche is the emblem of Bohemia: in red silver double-tailed, gold-crowned lion with red tongue.
1) Datation supplemented by: SÚA, Salbuchy Fund, Sal 204/573 '- 581’.
- 2) In the miniature there is a man of natural color, he has a short brown chin and a mustache, brown eyes, his hair is brown, he is greyish above the forehead.
- 3) The miniature contains a natural colour.
- 4) In the miniature snakes are green.
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