Arms of Ulrich von Lichenstein

 
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21 December 2006 00:52
 

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So if I were going to try and steal someone elses arms, these would be the ones. This shield is so clean and simple. And who knew the guys who wrote A Knight’s Tale were having a little joke? If the folks as Ospery Press are to be trusted, Ulrich was indeed a real person.

 
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21 December 2006 00:56
 

loaba wrote:

[IMG]If the folks as Ospery Press are to be trusted, Ulrich was indeed a real person.


He may be real but those weren’t his arms in the movie… I think they were vert three eagles displayed sable but I’m not certain…

 
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21 December 2006 01:00
 

ESmith wrote:

He may be real but those weren’t his arms in the movie… I think they were vert three eagles displayed sable but I’m not certain…

Oh yeah, you are correct, but per Ospery’s book on Heraldry, these are the man’s real arms. I like them quite a bit. I’m guessing there may have been monetary reasons for fabricating arms for the fictional movie character.

 
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21 December 2006 01:33
 

Wikipedia has this representation of Ulrich from the Codex Manesse. It seems to be Or instead of Argent.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Codex_Manesse_Ulrich_von_Liechtenstein.jpg

 
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21 December 2006 11:13
 

Yeah, I think that depiction pretty cleary shows or, whereas the image in the Ospery book is kind of on the fence. Regardless, or, argent, they both look great and make for a simple and striking design. I love the way the chevron has been carried over into standard military markings too.