Pinacotheca insignium : quibus academiae per universam Europam celeberrimae, earumque singulae facultates societates item literariae ut et viri singularis doctrinae laude conspicui, ac denique notarii caesarei publici iurati usi sunt et adhuc utuntur curiosis intventium oculis
Pinacotheca insignium is a 1741 heraldry compendium published in Augsburg by Johann Andreas Pfeffel, compiled by Friedrich Roth-Scholtz, collecting coats of arms used by European universities, learned societies and notaries. Its pages are rows of engraved coats of arms, each shield framed by scrolling mantling, helms, crests and supporters, with Latin inscriptions below, arranged in numbered grids on each plate. A designer could draw on the dense, symmetrical ornament of baroque cartouches, helmets and crests for emblematic or heritage graphics.
