ščit
(arms) |
Per fess Or and Gules, within a tressure Gules an eagle displayed Sable langued, beaked and membered Or wearing a coronet of the same, in base on a mound Vert, five lozenges conjoined in fess Or, a castle of three towers Argent, with portcullis Sable in the central tower within a tressure Sable. |
greben
(crest) |
An eagle displayed Sable langued, beaked and membered Or wearing a coronet of the same, upon a coronet of the same. |
vir
(source) |
Opus Insignium Armorumque 1687 - 1688 Das Grosse Wappenbuch |
The baron Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641-1693), who became a member of the Royal Society in London in 1687, was a polymath or, more precisely, a historiographer, geographer, ethnographer, cartographer, naturalist and technician; moreover, he was a collector, sketcher and publisher as well as a soldier and military commander. Valvasor's ancestors originated from the province of Bergamo in northern Italy. 
He prepared a heraldic album under the title entitled "Heraldic Insignia and Devices" or "Opus Insignium Armorumque" containing an archive of 2041 fabulous paintings of coats of arms covering the notable families in the regions of Slovenia and Austria. |
VALVASOR, Janez Vajkard (1641-1693)
