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Emperor Francis I elevates Heinrich von Beierwek, colonel and commander of Duke Albert’s Cyrylic Regiment, to the status of free lords, grants him the predicate Wohlgebohren and improves his coat of arms

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Character: description on folk. 4b, 5b, 6a, miniature on folk. 6a, 185 x 303 mm. In a blue shield under a golden head with crossed iron rock hammers on brown peaks 1) stands on a rocky mountain range 2) wolf of natural colors 3). On the gable rests the crown of free lords and on it three crowned Tournament helmets with blue - gold blankets. Jewellery: I. growing armored man 4) with a red plume on a helmet holding a spear in the left 5). II. two open black wings. III. a growing golden lion with a red tongue holding sword 6 in the right paw). The miniature is in a golden frame. The emblem stands on a two-stage floor of pink and gray tiles laid on a gray base. Behind the floor is a view of the landscape. On each side of the emblem rises a clay mound, on the right stands a brown ruins of a fortress with one tower accompanied by three coniferous trees and a bush, on the left stands a closed fortress with two towers and a gate between them. The surroundings of the hills are grassed, a river with shores covered with deciduous trees and shrubbery flows in the hills. In the background there are blue mountains at the base of which there are blue, pink shaded ruins with rose windows, with ruins on each side of the emblem. The background of the miniature consists of a brown, gray-overcast sky, which passes over the horizon to the orchid. The phenomenon is framed by a purple drapery with golden cords with stirrups. The upper edge of the frame exceeds five cartouches. The middle one carries an oval shield with a caesarean emblem: a black, gold-crowned eagle with a golden armor and red tongues, holds a sword with a silver blade and a golden juniper in the right joint, holds a golden sphere in the left joint, bears a red Spanish label with a silver crossbar on the breast. Two cartouches immediately adjacent to the caesarean emblem are laid almost entirely below the edge of the frame, the cartouches in the corners of the frame are laid a little higher, yet in which, than the middle one. All four remaining cartouches are smaller than the middle cartouche, they are crowned by pagan crowns and carry round shields with signs. I. Bohemia: in red silver, gold-crowned lion with red tongue. II. Lombardy: a blue snake absorbing a child of natural colors in silver. III. Venice: a golden lion of St. John lies on a green lawn in blue Mark holding a silver open book in front of him. IV. Galicia: polceno, on the right there is a red bar on the blue, on which stands a black raven, under the lath there are three golden crowns (2.1), on the left there are two silver-red crossbars in blue. 1) In the miniature there is a rush at the top and to the right. - 2) In the miniature, the mountain range is taken as a rock with a flat top and is of natural colour. - 3) The wolf has a red tongue in the miniature. - 4) The miniature contains iron armor with gold fittings. - 5) The miniature contains an iron spear on a wooden ratification site. - 6) In the miniature the sword has an iron blade and a golden roe and an auspices.  
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Title: Emperor Francis I elevates Heinrich von Beierwek, colonel and commander of Duke Albert’s Cyrylic Regiment, to the status of free lords, grants him the predicate Wohlgebohren and improves his coat of arms
Description:
Character: description on folk.
4b, 5b, 6a, miniature on folk.
6a, 185 x 303 mm.
In a blue shield under a golden head with crossed iron rock hammers on brown peaks 1) stands on a rocky mountain range 2) wolf of natural colors 3).
On the gable rests the crown of free lords and on it three crowned Tournament helmets with blue - gold blankets.
Jewellery: I.
growing armored man 4) with a red plume on a helmet holding a spear in the left 5).
II.
two open black wings.
III.
a growing golden lion with a red tongue holding sword 6 in the right paw).
The miniature is in a golden frame.
The emblem stands on a two-stage floor of pink and gray tiles laid on a gray base.
Behind the floor is a view of the landscape.
On each side of the emblem rises a clay mound, on the right stands a brown ruins of a fortress with one tower accompanied by three coniferous trees and a bush, on the left stands a closed fortress with two towers and a gate between them.
The surroundings of the hills are grassed, a river with shores covered with deciduous trees and shrubbery flows in the hills.
In the background there are blue mountains at the base of which there are blue, pink shaded ruins with rose windows, with ruins on each side of the emblem.
The background of the miniature consists of a brown, gray-overcast sky, which passes over the horizon to the orchid.
The phenomenon is framed by a purple drapery with golden cords with stirrups.
The upper edge of the frame exceeds five cartouches.
The middle one carries an oval shield with a caesarean emblem: a black, gold-crowned eagle with a golden armor and red tongues, holds a sword with a silver blade and a golden juniper in the right joint, holds a golden sphere in the left joint, bears a red Spanish label with a silver crossbar on the breast.
Two cartouches immediately adjacent to the caesarean emblem are laid almost entirely below the edge of the frame, the cartouches in the corners of the frame are laid a little higher, yet in which, than the middle one.
All four remaining cartouches are smaller than the middle cartouche, they are crowned by pagan crowns and carry round shields with signs.
I.
Bohemia: in red silver, gold-crowned lion with red tongue.
II.
Lombardy: a blue snake absorbing a child of natural colors in silver.
III.
Venice: a golden lion of St.
John lies on a green lawn in blue Mark holding a silver open book in front of him.
IV.
Galicia: polceno, on the right there is a red bar on the blue, on which stands a black raven, under the lath there are three golden crowns (2.
1), on the left there are two silver-red crossbars in blue.
1) In the miniature there is a rush at the top and to the right.
- 2) In the miniature, the mountain range is taken as a rock with a flat top and is of natural colour.
- 3) The wolf has a red tongue in the miniature.
- 4) The miniature contains iron armor with gold fittings.
- 5) The miniature contains an iron spear on a wooden ratification site.
- 6) In the miniature the sword has an iron blade and a golden roe and an auspices.
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