The ''Armorial Wijnbergen'', also known as the ''Wijnbergen Roll'', is a

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. It is divided into two parts; the first, dated c. 1265–1270 has 256 coats of arms of the vassals of

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(d. 1270) in the

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; the second part, dated c. 1280, has 1,056 coats of arms (for a total of 1,312) of the vassals of

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(r. 1270–1285) in his fiefs in the North of France, the Netherlands and the Rhineland. The armorial is named for the Wijnbergen family, in whose possession it was acquired by the Royal Dutch Society for Genealogy and Heraldry. Its current whereabouts are unknown, but a copy is held in the Royal Library in Brussels (Collection Goethals, ms. 2569).

References

{{reflist *Emmanuel de Boos, Marches d'armes : Berry, t. III, Éditions du Léopard d'Or, 1989 ; *Paul Adam-Even et Léon Jéquier, ''Un armorial français du milieu du xiii^e siècle : L'armorial Wijnbergen'', Archives Héraldiques Suisses, 1951, pp. 49-62, 101-110, 1952, pp. 28-36, 103-111. *''L'armorial Wijnbergen (1270-1285)'', Lausanne, Archives héraldiques suisses, 1951-1954

External links

*Brian Timms
The Armorial Wijnbergen
Rolls of arms 13th-century manuscripts Illuminated heraldic manuscripts