Breviarium eqvestre, seu, De illustrissimo & inclytissimo eqvestri ordine elephantino : ejusq[ue] origine, progressu, ac splendore hodierno tractatus

Hertzholm, Ivar, 1635-1693 · 1704 · Hauniae : Ex reg. Majest. & Universit. typographéo · 20 pictures

Breviarium eqvestre is a 1704 Copenhagen treatise by Ivar Hertzholm on the Danish Order of the Elephant, written for scholars, heralds and the Danish royal court. Its engraved plates show seals, coins, and portrait medallions that document the order's heraldic emblems, with the elephant motif recurring throughout. A designer could draw on the crisp radiating heraldic devices, ribbon-framed roundels, and ornamental cartouches of these baroque plates.

Order of the Elephant -- Early works to 1800 · Elephants in heraldry -- Early works to 1800 · Knights and knighthood -- Denmark -- Early works to 1800

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