Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd (April 12, 1775 in Meseritz – August 26, 1854 in Bonn) was a German linguist and heraldist, one of the founders of scientific

heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...

. Bernd studied theology at the Jena University. Between 1807 and 1811 he served as editor of the dictionary of German language, then he was a librarian in Breslau. He was the professor of diplomatics, sphragistics and

at the

Bonn University The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

from 1822 and was one of the founders of modern scientific heraldry. Bernd introduced hatching for some additional tinctures such as Umbra, Rotgelb, Stahlblau and Blutfarbe.

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*''Allgemeine Schriftenkunde der sogenannten Wappenwissenschaft''. I-II. Bonn, 1830 *''Das Wappenwesen der griechen und Römer''. Bonn, 1841 *''Die Haupstücke der Wappenwissenschaft''. Bonn, 1841-1849 *''Wappenbuch der preußischen Rheinprovinz'' Bonn, 1835, supplement Bonn, 1842 *''Handbuch der Wappenwissenschaft''. Leipzig, 1856

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