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Heraldic Roundel with the Arms of Rummel von Lichtenau

Unknownabout 1510–1530

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The roundel displays an armorial achievement – a full display of the heraldic symbols for a member of a noble family. These elements comprise a shield, helmets, crests (distinctive features above the helmets), and mantling (cloak-like decoration behind a coat of arms). This shield has two quarters with the charge (heraldic motif) of paired black cocks on a gold field (ground), and two quarters with the charge of a gold lion passant (walking) above a red and white barry (heraldic pattern of horizontal stripes). The crests are a black half-cock on a coronet, left, and a gold half-lion, right. The mantling, in the form of densely curled animal firs, is of the colors (black with gold, and red with white). All is set against a circular damasked field within a plain border.

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  • Title: Heraldic Roundel with the Arms of Rummel von Lichtenau
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: about 1510–1530
  • Location Created: Nuremberg (?), Southern Germany
  • Physical Dimensions: 21.3 × 1 cm (8 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
  • Type: Stained glass
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Flashed and colorless glass, vitreous paint, and silver stain; lead came
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 2003.58
  • Culture: German
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown maker, German
  • Classification: Decorative Art (Art Genre)
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