Shields and Escutcheons in the Manesse Codex

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This table contains devices with uncharged fields (plain and divided) and devices that are charged only with ordinaries.

Above each device appears the folio number and the modern German version of the heading for the page on which it appears. Clicking on any number should take you to the Heidelberg University Library page for that folio, where you can see the device in its original context.

At least a partial blazon appears below each device. They are there to make it easier for anyone looking for a specific charge or field division to find it. Many of them are very rough, and some include standard-English descriptions of elements I was unsure how to blazon (enclosed in brackets) or are simply missing parts.

This table contains 22 devices with uncharged fields and10 devices charged only with ordinaries.

Table 3: Fields Charged Only with Ordinaries or Not At All

Der Dürner
(397v)

Gules.
Graf Albrecht von Heigerloch
(42r)

Per fess argent and gules.
Herr Birkart von Hohenfels
(110r)

Per fess vert and sable.
Der Tannhäuser
(264r)

Per fess sable and or.

Herr Heinrich von Veldeke
(30r)

Per bend or and gules.
Bruder Eberhard von Sax
(48v)

Per pale or and gules.

Herr Heinrich von Sax
(59v)

Per pale or and gules.
Der Püller
(253v)

Per pale or and azure.

Von Wengen
(300r)

Quarterly or and gules.
Herr Jakob von Warte
(46v)

Per saltire azure and argent.
Herr Leuthold von Seven
(164v)

Per chevron or and lozengy azure and argent.
Herr Kristan von Hamle
(71v)

Sable chapé gules.

Von Scharpfenberg
(204r)

Tierced per bend gules, or, and azure.
Graf Konrad von Kirchberg
(24r)

Bendy argent and gules.
Herr Walther von Klingen
(52r)

Bendy sinister gules and or.

Note that this is the back of the shield; it may or may not be intended to represent the fighter's arms.
Herr Dietmar der Setzer
(321v)

Bendy gules and vert.

Note that this is the back of the shield; it may or may not be intended to represent the fighter's arms.

Steinmar
(308v)

Argent, a bend sable.
Herr Reinmar von Brennenberg
(188r)

Sable, a bend dancetty gules.
Herr Heinrich von Frauenberg
(61v)

Barry gules (?) and argent.

Note that this is the back of the shield; it may or may not be intended to represent the fighter's arms.
Herr Walther von Metze
(166v)

Barry gules and counter-compony sable and azure.

Der von Wildonie
(201r)

Barry sable and azure.
Der Markgraf von Hohenburg
(29r)

Tierced per fess gules, argent, and sable.
Der Hardegger
(290r)

Tierced per fess sable, argent, and gules.
Kristan von Luppin, eine Thüring
(226v)

Vert, a bar gules and another sable.

Von Raute
(248v)

Checky or and sable, a cross gules.
Graf Rudolf von Neuenburg
(20r)

Paly or and chevronelly gules and argent.
Herr Reinmar der Alte
(98r)

Barry or and azure, a pale gules.
Herr Heinrich von Rugge
(122r)

Or, a pale vair.

Der von Sachendorf
(158r)

Gules, a saltire vair and a chief or.
Herr Konrad von Altstetten
(249v)

Barry azure and sable, a chief sable.
Herr Ulrich von Lichtenstein
(237r)

Chevronelly or and azure, a chief gules.
Von Munegiur
(247v)

Pily in point sable and azure, a chief or.

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