title: Medieval Grants of Arms and their Illuminators creator: Roland, Martin subject: ddc-700 subject: Arts subject: ddc-750 subject: Painting subject: Germany, Switzerland, Austria subject: Artists, Architects subject: Iconography subject: Aesthetics, Art History subject: Painting subject: Heraldik subject: Illuminierte Handschrift subject: Geschichte 500-1500 description: This essay deals with the relevance of medieval grants of arms in art history, focusing on the aspects of innovation and quality. Th e fi rst part discusses the origins of innovative prototypes that did not yet match the quality of later grants of arms. Th e second part presents a selection of qualita-tive landmarks in the history of grants of arms and the artists responsible for decorating them. Finally, some concluding remarks will be presented. contributor: Hiltmann, Torsten contributor: Hablot, Laurent date: 2018 type: Book Section type: info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart type: NonPeerReviewed identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/9514/ format: application/pdf identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdokhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/9514/1/Roland_Medieval_Grants_2018.pdf identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-artdok-95142 rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess language: eng