Name
Signau
4 coats of arms in 3 sources
Attestations: what are they?
Some arms carry an “Attested: in Renesse’s dictionary…” or “in … Ordinary” note. It points to a reference work, separate from the armorial that gives the blazon, where this name appears with these arms. It is independent corroboration: two books that agree are worth more than one.
Renesse, Dictionnaire des figures héraldiques (1894–1903): files families by charge (lion, cross…); it cites the family under the charges of its arms.
Medieval armorials (after Clemmensen): rolls of arms, painted or blazoned, from the 13th to the 16th century in which these arms appear.
Only sure matches are counted (same name in Renesse, a confirmed entry in Papworth). Each coat’s page lists every citation, with a link to the scanned printed page.
The parser reads these blazons the same way. Each source keeps its own text, shown here: a word the parser does not keep can tell them apart.
Read identically in 3 sources (3 coats of arms)
- Signau Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · CH — Attested : in 8 medieval armorials
- Signau (von) DHBS (Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse) · Berne
- Signau (Comtes) Rietstap · Autriche
- Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) Palé d'argent et d'azur, à deux fasces de gueules brochant sur le tout.
- DHBS (Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse) palé d'argent et d'azur de six pièces, à deux fasces de gueules brochant (elles manquent dans la Zürcher Wappenrolle)
- Rietstap Palé d'argent et d'azur; à deux fasces de gueules, brochant sur le tout.
Other coats of arms of the name
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Seigneux (de) ou von Signau (Barons) Rietstap · Province rhénane
Écartelé: aux 1 et 4 contre-écartelé d'azur et d'or; à un sceptre d'or, posé en bande, brochant sur les écartelures; aux 2 et 3 d'azur à un boeuf rampant d'or; à la bande de gueules, brochant sur le boeuf et chargé de trois étoiles (5) d'argent.
Attested in Renesse’s dictionary (1 mention) · see the citations →