Beyeren Armorial

Beyeren Armorial
National Library of the Netherlands, signature KB 79 K21
Left folium 001v and right folium 002r from the Beyeren Armorial
Type Armorial
Date Between 1402 and 1405, the book was completed on 23th June 1405. Binding is from 1581
Place of origin Holland, The Hague
Language(s) Annotations in Dutch
Author(s) Claes Heynenzoon
Material Parchment and paper
Size 62 folia
Format Circa 230 x 155 mm
Script Littera cursiva
Contents

Five series:

  1. (fol. 1r-8v, 18r-28v): 337 coats of arms from participants in a tournament in Compiègne; February 1238
  2. (fol. 28v-35v, 49r-52v): 191 coats of arms from participants in a tournament in Mons; 1310
  3. (fol. 52v-57v, 36r-48v, 9r-13r): 404 coats of arms from participants in a raid against the Frisians in Kuinre; 1396
  4. (fol. 13r-17v, 58r-60r): 122 coats of arms from participants in the siege of Gorinchem; 1402
  5. (fol. 60r-62v): 14 series of The Three Best
Illumination(s) 1096 hand-colored coats of arms
Accession Description of the Beyeren Armorial in the catalogue of the KB]
Other Digitized version, website KB (in Dutch)

The Beyeren Armorial is a medieval manuscript containing 1096 hand-colored coats of arms, with annotations in Middle Dutch. It is held by in the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague (KB), shelf mark 79 K 21.[1]

On the left folio it is stated that the book was completed on 23 June 1405: Explicit iste liber per manus beyeren quondam gelre armorum regis de ruris [anno domini milesimo quadringentesimo quinto in profesto sancti Johannis baptiste]. Translation: Here endeth this book by the hand of Bavaria, formerly Guelders, Ruwieren King of Arms [in the year of our Lord one thousand four hundred and five on the day before Saint John the Baptist’s Day]

History

The manuscript was compiled at the court of Holland and was completed on 23 June 1405 by Claes Heynenzoon. He was also known as the Gelre Herald, lived from circa 1345−1414, and was Ruwieren King of Arms, the chief herald of the Netherlands around 1400. He is also the creator of the Gelre (Guelders) Armorial.

Chapters

The manuscripts is divided into 5 series or chapters

  • I (fol. 1r-8v, 18r-28v): 337 coats of arms from participants in a tournament in Compiègne; February 1238
  • II (fol. 28v-35v, 49r-52v): 191 coats of arms from participants in a tournament in Mons; 1310
  • III (fol. 52v-57v, 36r-48v, 9r-13r): 404 coats of arms from participants in a raid against the Frisians in Kuinre; 1396
  • IV (fol. 13r-17v, 58r-60r): 122 coats of arms from participants in the siege of Gorinchem; 1402
  • V (fol. 60r-62v): 14 series of The Three Best

Sources

  • (in Dutch) (1933) Beyeren quondam Gelre armorum rex de Ruyris. Eene historisch-heraldische studie, (The Hague)
  • (in Dutch) (1990) Spiegel van ridderschap. Heraut Gelre en zijn ereredes. (Amsterdam, Prometheus)
  • (in Dutch) (1995) Beeldvorming in Holland. Heraut Beyeren en de historiografie omstreeks 1400 (Amsterdam, Prometheus)
  • (in Dutch) (1999) Het Haagsche handschrift van heraut Beyeren. Hs. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 131 G 37 (Hilversum, Verloren)
  • Digitized version of the Beyeren Armorial on the website of the KB (consulted 6 September 2016)
  • Description of the Beyeren Armorial on the World Digital Library (consulted 6 September 2016)

References

  1. ↑ Description of the Beyeren Armorial in the catalogue of the KB


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